Unmounted slide of Lady Rhoda Birley and Doreen Pugh

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)