Photographs

Title

Photographs

Shelfmark

MS. Photogr. c. 459

Summary

(fols. 1-2) 2 photographs of Dublin (contact print size), originally enclosed with letter of 11 Feb. 1951, both annotated by Larkin, (fol. 1) 'Dublin', (fol. 2) 'TCD' [Trinity College Dublin].

(fol. 3) Photograph of Larkin, cut from a larger print, originally enclosed with letter of 30 May 1951, annotated [not by Larkin] 'Students [sic] Night Union Q.U.B.' [Queen's University Belfast].

(fols. 4-6) 3 photographs of the interior of Larkin's Belfast flat, originally enclosed with letter of 22 Nov. 1951. The photographs are annotated by him: (fol. 4) 'Kitchen' (fol. 5) 'bed [sic] skylight & the usual mess' (fol. 6) 'Flat (respectable corner)'.

(fol. 7) Photograph of a rabbit, originally enclosed with letter 28 Aug. 1956.

(fol. 8) Photograph of a balloon and LP record sleeve relating to a Christmas performance of The Boy Friend at Wyndham's Theatre, originally enclosed with letter of 8 Feb.1958.

(fol. 9) Photograph of Monica Jones, originally enclosed with letter of 29 March 1964.

(fols. 10-15) 6 photographs, originally enclosed with letter of 2 May 1965: (fols. 10-13) Monica Jones indoors; (fol. 14) Monica Jones standing by an unidentified church; (fol. 15) the unidentified church.

(fols. 16-38) 23 photographs, various (mostly exterior) scenes, originally enclosed with letter of 9 May 1966. The photographs are numbered by Larkin '1-12' and 'X1-X12' [missing X8]: (fols. 5, 20, 26 and 34-50) annotated by Larkin; (fols. 16, 27, 29, 35-6) feature Monica Jones; (folio 34) a photograph of a glum-looking Larkin, annotated by him 'PAL enjoying his 45th birthday'.

(fols. 39-50) 12 colour photographs, originally enclosed with letter of 3 Sept.1967. The photographs are numbered 1-12 by Larkin: (fols. 40-1) feature Monica Jones; (folios 44, 46) annotated by Larkin.

(fols. 51-6) 6 colour photographs, originally enclosed with letter of 12 Nov. 1967: (fols. 55-6) feature Monica Jones.

(fols. 57-65) 9 photographs, originally enclosed with letter of 10 Feb. 1968: (fols. 58-9) feature Monica Jones.

(fol. 66) Photograph [passport sized] of Larkin, annotated by him 'April 1969', originally enclosed with letter of 4 April 1969.

(fols. 67-85) 19 photographs, various scenes, originally enclosed with letter of 18 Sept. 1969: (folios 76-85) in colour; (fols. 68-72, 81-3) feature Monica Jones; (fol. 85) Larkin in academic dress.

(fol. 86) Colour photograph of Larkin in his bathroom, originally enclosed with letter of 30 Aug. 1970. Annotated by him 'Philip on his 48 [sic] birthday – on the edge of the bath, and in his 49th year.'

(fols. 87-93) 7 photographs of Dublin (although fols. 87, 91-2 may be of Belfast) taken in the 1950s, originally enclosed with letter of 14 April 1971: (fols. 88-90, 93) Dublin; (fol. 88) North side of the Liffey; (fol. 89) the Courts; (fols.90, 93) the Customs House; (fols. 91-3) feature Monica Jones.

(fols. 94-124) 31 photographs, various scenes, not found enclosed in letters: (fols. 94-5) Larkin and Jones in Belfast; (fols. 96 and 124) annotated by Larkin; (fols. 97-9, 102-7) feature Monica Jones, fols. 97-9 in Belfast; (fols. 100-1) feature Larkin, fol. 101 sitting on the England border sign at Coldstream, 1962.

Date

1951-1970, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

124 Leaves