Ted Hughes | Four photographs annotated on the reverse by Ted Hughes, 1950s

Ted Hughes

Four photographs annotated by Hughes:

i) Parisian street scene, 64 x 90mm, [?August 1956], labelled "Paris 1956" in blue ballpoint

ii) Hughes, three-quarter length, on the deck of RMS Queen Elizabeth with the Statue of Liberty visible in the background, 90 x 90mm, [June 1957], labelled "Statue of Liberty + TH")

iii) Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, three-quarter length, arm in arm on the deck of RMS Queen Elizabeth, 90 x 90mm, [June 1957,] labelled "arriving in NY 1957"

iv) "Old Faithful" geyser in Yellowstone National Park, 130 x 90mm, [July 1959], labelled "Old Faithful"

(i) was presumably taken during the Hughes's honeymoon in August 1956, when they visited Paris on the way to Spain. The other three photos are from the period of the couple's sojourn in America (1957-59).