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Collected Item: “An Englishman in New York”

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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
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