Unmounted slide of Roald Dahl, Patricia Dahl and family

Title

Unmounted slide of Roald Dahl, Patricia Dahl and family

Record type

Photographs

Original Reference

P/FIN/1/591

Author or creator

Finnis, Valerie Margaret Steriker (1924-2006)

Role

Photographer

Date

c.1961

Scope & content

Unmounted medium format colour slide of Roald Dahl (1916-1990) with his family at Waterperry Horticultural School. His wife Patricia Dahl (nee Neal) (1926-2010) can be seen in green sitting on the far left of the bench. Their son Theo Dahl (b.1960) is standing next to the bench in red and Ophelia (b.1964) is standing next to him. Their youngest child Lucy Dahl (b.1965) is sitting on the bench between Roald and an unknown woman. The other people in the photograph are unknown. Ink inscription on sleeve on recto: 'Roald Dahl right and family at Waterperry'; 591'. Ink on rector crossed out: '584'. Address supplied. Full names: Patricia Louise Dahl; Theo Matthew Dahl; Ophelia Magdalena Dahl;.Lucy Neal Dahl. 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)