Unmounted slide of Sir David Scott, Roy Lancaster and Elliot Hodgkin
Information
Title
Unmounted slide of Sir David Scott, Roy Lancaster and Elliot Hodgkin
Record type
Photographs
Original Reference
P/FIN/1/309
Author or creator
Finnis, Valerie Margaret Steriker (1924-2006)
Role
Photographer
Date
c.1970s
Scope & content
Unmounted medium format colour slide (from left to right) of diplomat and plantsman Sir David Scott (1887-1986) with plant collectors Roy Lancaster (b.1937) and Elliot Hodgkin [Eliot] (1905-1973) at Waterperry. Ink inscription on sleeve on recto: 'DS RL EH'; '309'. Ink on verso: 'Roy Lancaster with Sir David Scott & Elliot Hodgkin'. Address supplied. Full name: Sir David John Montagu Douglas Scott; Charles Roy Lancaster. Eliot is an alternative spelling for Elliot. Beatrix Havergal took over the lease of Waterperry estate from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1932, and eventually bought it in 1948. She ran the estate as the Waterperry Horticultural School for ladies as headmistress until her retirement in 1971. Valerie Finnis attended as a student from 1942 and stayed on to teach until her marriage to Sir David Scott in 1970. The school closed and the estate was purchased by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science who continue to run it today as a retreat for student residential courses. The gardens are also open to visitors and Waterperry is known for its five orchards, broad variety of snowdrops and two collections of saxifrages accredited with Plant Heritage
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)