Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map

Shakespeare in Canada: Exploring Our Cultural History through Digital Humanities

A project to create an online interactive cultural map of the presence of the Bard and the way in which his works have shaped Canadian culture.

Photograph of Wallis Simpson in Paris

Title

Photograph of Wallis Simpson in Paris

Creator

Bohrmann, Horst Paul Albert (photographer)
Belfour, John Patrick Douglas (author)

Subject

Simpson, Wallis; King Edward VIII; abdication; The Windsor Years; costume inspiration; Hamlet; Ferguson, John

Description

A photograph of Wallis Simpson, taken from The Windsor Years. This was a book that designer John Ferguson drew inspiration from for the costuming in Hamlet.

Publisher

The Viking Press

Format

image, black and white photograph

Identifier

UO-SC-Kinross-WindsorYears-p224

Source

Belfour, John Patrick Douglas. The Windsor Years: The Life of Edward As Prince of Wales, King, and Duke of Windsor. The Viking Press, 1967, pp. 224.
Cavin Bonifacio, Claire McCracken, and Megan McKague, University of Ottawa (cataloguers)

Coverage

Rights

The Viking Press

Files

UO-SC-Kinross-WindsorYears-p224.jpg

Collection

Citation

Bohrmann, Horst Paul Albert (photographer) and Belfour, John Patrick Douglas (author), “Photograph of Wallis Simpson in Paris,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed July 4, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/236.