Portrait of Burgess sitting (smoking a cigar) in front of an unidentified painting in London, photographed for The Sunday Times Magazine.

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 3104 AB/ARCH/F/1/62
  • Former Reference
      GB 3104 AB.C.1; AB.C.2; AB.C.3; AB.C.4; AB.C.5; AB.C.6; AB.C.7; AB.C.8; AB.C.9; AB.C.10; AB.C.11; AB.C.12; AB.P.4.170
  • Dates of Creation
      1980
  • Physical Description
      12 photographic prints. Dimensions (inches): 9 (10x7.5); 3 (5.5x4.5). [Black and white] Photograph

Scope and Content

The file includes:

1) 9 photographic prints of a single image, published in The Sunday Times in 1980;

2) 3 polaroids ('test shots') from the same photography session, which were taken prior to the formal portrait;

3) note from Liana Burgess, "Shots by Polaroid done before the portrait for the Sunday Times executed with the use of a Gandolphi Camera in the house of G[abriele] Pantucci";

4) photocopied letter from Sandra Brind, Syndication Executive, The Sunday Times, dated 20 March 1981, which refers to "Ten Sunday Times copyright conversion black and white prints of yourself from the Sunday Times Magazine 26th October 1980, as requested by you via Mrs Imogen Bright of the London office of Rizzoli Editore...".

Photographer: Denis WAUGH.

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Related Material

Anthony Burgess by Denis Waugh. Primary Collection, National Portrait Gallery, London. (Ref: NPG P315)

Bibliography

The Sunday Times, 26 October 1980