Godwin Photo 5/176(1)

Genre: Portrait Photography

Extensive correspondence between Philip Larkin and Fay Godwin, 1969-84; topics include the supplying of prints and Larkin's impressions of them and particularly the use of the print that he has described as the 'Boston Strangler'. Correspondence between Faber and Faber regarding the first sitting in 1969, then the subsequent communications with Faber and Faber, Fay Godwin and her solicitors Simkins regarding the publication of the 'Boston Strangler', 1992-93.

Biographical information and newspaper cuttings, 1984 and 1992.

Sixteen 35 mm contact sheets from three separate sessions: 1969 (film numbers 421, 422, 423, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427); 1974 (film numbers 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895) and August 1984 (film numbers 6094, 6095, 6096, 6097).

28 loose proof prints from the 1969 session: 421-1-1 (105 x 156 mm); 421-3-4 (156 x 105 mm); 421-4-2 (155 x 104 mm); 421-5-27 (104 x 155 mm); 422-1-2 (156 x 107 mm); 422-2-4 (157 x 107 mm); 422-2-6 (157 x 102 mm); 422-3-2 (157 x 103 mm); 422-3-5 (157 x 103 mm); 422-4-1 (157 x 103 mm); 422-4-3 (157 x 103 mm); 422-5-1 (140 x 106 mm); 422-5-2 (141 x 106 mm); 423-2-6 (141 x 105 mm); 423-3-1 (105 x 141 mm); 423-3-3 (141 x 105 mm); 423-3-5 (141 x 104 mm); 423-3-6 (141 x 105 mm); 423-4-1 (141 x 104 mm); 423-4-7 (140 x 104 mm); 423-5-4 (157 x 107 mm); 424-2-33 (155 x 104 mm); 424-3-1 (156 x 103 mm); 424-3-2 (156 x 103 mm); 424-3-5 (156 x 103 mm); 424-3-6 (157 x 103 mm); 425-3-2 (141 x 106 mm); 425-3-4 (140 x 106 mm); 425-4-2 (141 x 107 mm); 425-4-3 (141 x 106 mm); 426-1-2 (140 x 103 mm); 426-1-5 (156 x 105 mm); 426-2-4 (103 x 140 mm); 426-2-5 (103 x 139 mm); 426-2-6 (105 x 155 mm); 426-4-5 (106 x 156 mm); 427-3-4 (155 x 104mm); 427-4-2 (155 x 104 mm).

Twenty-seven fine prints (178 x 127 mm) from the 1969 sitting: 421-3-4 (3 copies); 421-5-27 (3 copies); 422- 4-22 (6 copies); 422-5-1; 423-3-1 (3 copies, one un-numbered); 423-4-7 (3 copies); 424-2-36 (3 copies); 424-3-2 (4 copies); 424-3-32.

Twelve loose prints of varying sizes from the 1969 sitting: 421-5-27 (142 x 200 mm, mis-numbered as 421-5-4), (187 x 267), (228 x 304 mm, mis-numbered as 1892-4-14); 422-4-3 (220 x 142 mm); 422-5-1 (294 x 216 mm); 423-3-1 (144 x 220, 2 copies), (183 x 248 mm); 423-3-5 (243 x 184 mm); 424-3-1 (242 x 184 mm); 424-3-2 (228 x 154 mm); 426-1-2 (217 x 142 mm).

Eighty-two loose prints from the 1974 sitting: 1891-1-0 (178 x 127 mm, 3 copies); 1891-1-30 (168 x 119 mm); 1891-2-28 (178 x 127 mm); 1891-2-29 (168 x 117 mm), (178 x 125 mm) inscribed on back ‘This is the one Larkin asked to have used in the book/ Rough print [underlined]/ not fantastic quality anyway!’; 1891-2-31 (178 x 127 mm, 5 copies); 1891-3-20 (178 x 127 mm, 4 copies); 1891-4-15 (178 x 127 mm, 2 copies); 1891-5-8 (168 x 119 mm), (178 x 127 mm, 3 copies); 1891-5-10 (178 x 127 mm, 4 copies); 1891-5-12 (178 x 127 mm, 2 copies); 1892-2-10a (119x 169 mm), (178 x 127 mm, 3 copies); 1892-3-20 (178 x 127 mm); 1892-3-22 (178 x 127 mm, 4 copies); 1892-4-12 (189 x 252 mm), (200 x 280 mm), (200 x 278 mm); 1892-4-14 (158 x 106 mm), (178 x 127 mm, 10 copies), (304 x 238 mm); 1892-5-11 (178 x 127 mm); 1892-6-1 (166 x 115 mm), (169 x 114 mm); 1893-2-7 (169 x 118 mm), (178 x 127 mm, 3 copies); 1893-5-15 (120 x 168 mm), (178 x 127 mm, 3 copies); 1894-1-2 (178 x 127 mm, 2 copies one mis-numbered as 1894-3-2); 1894-1-3 (178 x 127 mm, 5 copies); 1894-4-36 (168 x 115 mm), (178 x 127 mm, 2 copies); 1895-4-16 (178 x 127 mm, 3 copies, one scratched and one mis-numbered as 1896-4-16); 1895-5-8 (120 x 168 mm); 1895-6-6 (168 x 117), (178 x 127 mm, 4 copies).

111 loose prints taken during the 1984 session, all except one print are 178 x 127 mm in size: 6094-1-33 (3 copies); 6094-1-34 (2 copies); 6094-4-21 (2 copies); 6095-1-2 (11 copies); 6095-2-7 (3 copies); 6095-2-10 (10 copies); 6095-4-20 (5 copies); 6095-5-24a cropped version; 6095-5-25a; 6095-5-26 (11 copies); 6095-5-29a; 6095-6-32 (2 copies); 6095-6-34 (3 copies); 6096-1-2 (9 copies); 6096-3-18 (9 copies); 6096-3-18 cropped version; 6096-3-20 cropped version (4 copies); 6096-4-21 (4 copies); 6096-4-21 cropped version (2 copies); 6096-4-23 (5 copies), (303 x 203 mm); 6096-4-23 cropped version (3 copies); 6096-6-35 (2 copies); 6096-6-37 (10 copies); 6097-2-8 (3 copies); 6097-2-11 (3 copies, one mis-numbered as 6097-2-8).