Collected Item: “An Englishman in New York”
Contributing Organisation
Contribution Title
An Englishman in New York
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An online exhibition charting the life of the diplomat, turned artist and writer Valentine Lawford. Recent additions to Lawford’s papers cast new light on Lawford’s creative collaboration with his partner Horst P. Horst and the life they made together as a gay couple in the mid-twentieth century.
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Valentine Lawford in Horst’s studio on East 55th Street in New York, 1950s. The photographer is unidentified but is most likely Horst. Source: The Papers of Valentine Lawford, LWFD 6/1.
Content Type
Online Exhibition
Subject (1)
Art and Architectural History
Subject (2)
History of Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Subject (3)
Palaeography and Diplomatic History
Geographical Area (1)
Europe
Geographical Area (2)
North America
Time Period
20th Century
Contribution URL
https://www.chuarchivestories.uk/stories/an-englishman-in-new-york