[hardy-l] Lady Ottoline Morrell's snapshots of Hardy

[Fraser Pakes]

How refreshing to see some 'new', as yet unhackneyed,  photographs of  
Hardy.  Lady Ottoline  seems to have been able to capture a more  
relaxed, everyday, Hardy than most others. The one of him standing  
with hands in pockets is great.  Shows why some described him as  
looking more like a country business man or doctor etc.  I bet these  
photos will go the way of others  and get the over-exposure (sorry  
about that !) by future authors and publishers that has made the  
others so over-familiar to us through the years !