American Isis (48 page)

Otto, Aurelia, and Sylvia Plath, July 1933.

Courtesy Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Sylvia and Warren Plath on a sailboat in Winthrop, Massachusetts, August 1940, three months before Otto Plath's death.

Courtesy Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

26 Elmwood Road, the home of Aurelia, Warren, and Sylvia Plath, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Courtesy Peter K. Steinberg and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Sylvia Plath sunbathing in the backyard, 26 Elmwood Road, June 1946

Courtesy Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Sylvia Plath, c. November 1954.

Courtesy Judith Denison. Glenda Hydler: Restoration.

Sylvia Plath, April 1954, in front of Lawrence House, Smith College.

Courtesy Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

The River Cam in Cambridge, where Sylvia studied during her Fulbright years, 1955–57.

Courtesy Peter K. Steinberg and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes in Concord, Massachusetts, December 1959.

Courtesy Marcia Brown and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Chalcot Square, London, near the flat where Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes settled after moving from America to England in 1959.

Courtesy Peter K. Steinberg and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Court Green, Devon, the home Sylvia and Ted Hughes purchased in 1961.

Courtesy Peter K. Steinberg and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Sylvia and Nicholas Hughes in Devonshire, December 1962.

Photographer unknown. Copyright estate of Aurelia S. Plath. Courtesy Smith College archives.

23 Fitzroy Road, London, the flat where Sylvia died.

Courtesy Peter K. Steinberg and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.

Primrose Hill, near both Chalcot Square and 23 Fitzroy Road, and a favorite of Sylvia's because of its country air and walkways.

Courtesy Peter K. Steinberg and Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College.