Jean Moral (1906-1999) Spanish Civil War, October 1938. The last voyage of the Yarbrook. Refugees fleeing the war aboard the British ship Yarbrook. Invalids and cripples on the bridge. Nursing women. Four (4) vintage silver prints on Agfa-Brovira paper. Stamped "Jean Moral - Paris" and negative numbers on versos. Sizes: 26.7 x 23.5 to 28 x 23.5 cm Provenance: Brigitte Moral, daughter of Jean Moral. Bibliography: Michel Lefebvre, Kessel, Moral. Deux reporters dans la guerre d'Espagne, Paris, Tallandier, 2006, pp. 66-75. The report on the Yarbrook's voyage was published on December 1, 1938 in Match by George Lafumée (pseudonym of Joseph Kessel), illustrated with photographs by Jean Moral.

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