Photograph of Britten, seated in his wheelchair, talking to Mitchell in the Red House garden, Aldeburgh at the party to celebrate his elevation to the life peerage. In background left stand Heather Grant, assistant to housekeeper and cook, Mrs Ludmilla Cooper, overseeing drinks for the guests.
Photographer: Nigel Luckhurst
1 photograph
Black and white; 23 x 29 cms. [mounted on board]
Nigel Luckhurst (http://www.nigelluckhurst.co.uk/)
Reproduced in 'Pictures from a Life', compiled by Mitchell and Evans (1978) image no.420
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