Pictures Dated 15th July 2015

Hotel room of painter Henri Sert with washing-up in bidet and out of focus Beat poet

Hotel room of painter Henri Sert with washing-up in bidet and out of focus Beat poet Gregory Corso on the Left Bank in Paris, 1957.

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Artist, France, French, Paris

Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Vita Sackville-West in 1958. - The Hon Vita Sackville-West

Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Vita Sackville-West in 1958. - The Hon Vita Sackville-West [1] [2] (March 9, 1892 - June 2, 1962) was an English poet, novelist and gardener. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her Collected Poems. She helped create her own gardens in Sissinghurst, Kent which provide the backdrop to Sissinghurst Castle. She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage, and her passionate affairs with women.
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Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Agatha Christie - Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan

Portrait by John Hedgecoe - Agatha Christie - Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 - 12 January 1976), also known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is remembered for her 80 mystery novels, particularly featuring detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, which have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the mystery novel.
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