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ReferencePH/4/120

Title

Benjamin Britten in conversation with W. H. Auden

DateAug 1946

DescriptionThree quarter length portrait of Britten and Auden. Britten is in evening dress.
The photograph was taken at the time of the first American performance of Britten's opera Peter Grimes which took place in the Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, USA on 6 Aug 1946.
Photographer: Ruth Orkin

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white; 19.6 x 24.5cm

Copies1 duplicate

Publication NoteReproduced in 'Pictures from a Life' compiled by Mitchell and Evans (1978), image no. 208

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