Somerset Maugham and his canaries. His secretary and companion Alan Searle and a visitor in the background. Villa Mauresque in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1962. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Somerset Maugham and his canaries. His secretary and companion Alan Searle and a visitor in the background. Villa Mauresque in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1962.

At his Villa Mauresque in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, writer Somerset Maugham leans in to closely examine a tall birdcage filled with his canaries. The cage rests on a stand with slender, splayed legs on the sunlit stone patio. To the left, his secretary and companion, Alan Searle, and a visitor look on amidst the lush garden greenery, 1962.


Keywords:

BirdCage, Pets, Writers

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