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MS. 6681 Photogr. 2

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Title

Photographs

Shelfmark

MS. 6681 Photogr. 2

Summary

Comprises black and white photographic prints of:

C. Day-Lewis at desk, with four further photographs with Jill Balcon and Daniel Day-Lewis, upon appointment as Poet Laureate, 6 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, Jan 1968. Photographer Chris Ware, Keystone Press Agency, London. [5 photographs]

C. Day-Lewis at desk, with four further photographs with Jill Balcon, Tamasin and Daniel Day-Lewis, upon appointment as Poet Laureate, 6 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, Jan 1968. Photographer Barratt's Photo Press Ltd, Fleet Street, London. [5 photographs]

C. Day-Lewis, with Jill Balcon, Daniel Day-Lewis and cat, 6 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, upon appointment as Poet Laureate, Jan 1968. Photographer The Associated Press Ltd, London. With covering letter from John Johnson, 16 Jan 1968. [8 photographs]

C. Day-Lewis and Jill Balcon attending a service marking the 150th Anniversary of Emily Bronte's birth at Haworth Parish Church, with Rev. Rodney Hughes, Sir Linton Andrews and Robert Fowlds, 30 Jul 1968. Photographer: Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds. With accompanying letter from Sir Linton Andrews, 12 Aug 1968 and newspaper cuttings [not retained]. [7 photographs]

C. Day-Lewis before making 'first Public Speech' [as Poet Laureate?] at the V&A 'to welcome Tufts University Boston and London for Drama Year', with Jill Balcon, Paul Rogers, John Pope-Hennessy and James Forsyth, 30 Sep 1968. Photographer: Keystone Press Agency Ltd. [3 photographs]

C. Day-Lewis and Jill Balcon at the opening of Goole Library, with Mayor and Mayoress, 20 Nov 1968. Photographer: Norman Burnitt, Central Studios, Goole. [3 photographs, numbered 1, 2 and 4]

C. Day-Lewis in study at 6 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, 5 Feb 1970. Photographer: Photographic Dept. Kentish Mercury [South East London and Kentish Mercury]. With accompanying letter and business card. [4 photographs]

C. Day-Lewis and Jill Balcon at the Thomas Grey Bicentenary celebrations at Stoke Poges, 27 Oct 1971. Photographer: ICI Paints Division, Slough. [4 photographs]

Date

1968-1971

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (8 folders)

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Collection contents

Archive of C. Day-Lewis [pseudonym Nicholas Blake] and his wife Jill Balcon

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