Unmounted slide of Lady Rhoda Birley and Doreen Pugh
Information
Title
Unmounted slide of Lady Rhoda Birley and Doreen Pugh
Record type
Photographs
Original Reference
P/FIN/1/31
Author or creator
Finnis, Valerie Margaret Steriker (1924-2006)
Role
Photographer
Date
c.1970
Scope & content
Unmounted medium format colour slide of model and plantswoman Lady Rhoda Birley (nee Lecky Pike) (1900-1981) (right) in her office at Charleston Manor, Sussex with her secretary Doreen Pugh (c.1917-2021). Ink inscription on sleeve on recto: 'Lady Birley Rhoda in her Charleston Manor 1970? With Doreen? Pugh her secretary + Churchill's typewriter. Portrait of R by her husband Oswald Birley; '1970'; '31'. Address supplied. Full name: Lady Rhoda Vava Mary Birley. Doreen Pugh was Winston Churchill's secretary from 1955 to 1965
Extent
1 slide
Physical description
60 (h) mm x 60 (w) mm, (medium format); 88 (h) mm x 67 (h) mm (sleeve). Image: Square. acetate film. transparency
Is part of
Valerie Finnis photography collection
Copyright
Royal Horticultural Society
Credit Line
Valerie Finnis / RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)