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LevelItem

ReferencePH/3/113

Artist / Photographer

Thomson, Rita

Title

Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears with Polly Phipps in a lock on the Oxford Canal

Date4 - 9 May 1975

DescriptionPhotograph of Pears in background steering John Shirley-Quirk's narrow boat, "Amelia di Liverpool", Britten sitting in prow, foreground, with Polly on towpath, right, going to close the lock gates.
Photographer: Rita Thomson

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white 11.7 x 16.7 cms

CopyrightRita Thomson

Copies1 copy

Publication NoteReproduced in 'Pictures from a Life', compiled by Mitchell and Evans (1978) image no.404

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