Images
All photos were taken by Kate Moses during research for Wintering.
- Gallery 1:
Images from the town of North Tawton in Devonshire, where Plath's home, Court Green, is located, as well as images of the village of Belstone on the edge of Dartmoor, the setting for Chapter 15, "Ariel," and from Exeter Cathedral, depicted in Chapter 7, "Lady Lazarus."
- Gallery 2:
Images of the Primrose Hill district in London, where Sylvia Plath lived on Chalcot Square from February 1960-August 1961 and on Fitzroy Road from December 1962 until her death on February 11, 1963. Also included are photos from the contemporary University of Westminster on Regent Street in London, formerly the location of the famed CameoPoly Theatre, where Plath attended a showing of Ingmar Bergman's film "Through a Glass Darkly" in December 1962, an event portrayed in Chapter 19, "The Other," and Chapter 20, "Stopped Dead."
Maps drawn by Zachary Tomlinson
1. North Tawton and Northern Dartmoor, Devonshire:
Map showing Sylvia Plath's Devonshire home, Court Green, in the town of North Tawton. Plath took riding lessons from August to December 1962 in the village of Corscombe. Skaigh Stables, near the village of Belstone, is the model for the stable from which Plath rides onto Cawsand Hill in Chapter 15, "Ariel."
2. Court Green and Grounds, circa 1961-1962:
Map showing Sylvia Plath's home, Court Green, as situated within the town of North Tawton, Devonshire. In addition to Court Green and its surrounding acreage, this map shows the location of the village playground and the directions of both Dartmoor and the Taw River, as well as the location of the village's public restrooms and ancient jail, both mentioned in Plath's 1962 short story "Mothers." The signage on the restroom doors - "Gentlemen" and "Ladies" - is sarcastically echoed in Plath"s poem "Lady Lazarus," written later the same year.
3. Floor plan of Court Green (ground floor) and Outbuildings, circa 1961-1962:
A detailed map utilizing a similar one drawn by Sylvia Plath's brother Warren during a visit to Court Green in September 1961. Using details from Plath's letters as a guide, this map includes the location of her washing machine, bookshelves built by Ted Hughes, and the location of the wine cellar "at the heart of the house" described by Plath in the poem "Wintering."
4. Primrose Hill Neighborhood:
This map shows the neighborhood where Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes lived at 3 Chalcot Square from February 1960-August 1961, and where Sylvia Plath returned with her children to 23 Fitzroy Road in December 1962. Included on this map are many locations mentioned in the poetry and prose of Plath and Hughes, as well as in Wintering: Primrose Hill and its playground, the London Zoo, the Chalk Farm tube station, the Primrose Hill Primary School, the local post office on Princess Road, Regents Park Road, and St. George's Terrace, the home of W.S. and Dido Merwin. Map by Zachary Tomlinson.
