THE KING OF KENWOOD | PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS

THE KING OF KENWOOD: A very famous photo session took place at John Lennon’s Kenwood home in 1965. Featuring not only John, but Cynthia and Julian Lennon as well, the idea was to present John as a English country gentleman, campily playing the Lord of the Manor. These are perhaps the most delightful photos of John Lennon and his family during the mid-sixties. I have collected quite a number of them for this special photo album. Enjoy! ~ladyjean

1: Lennon’s English Garden #1: John Lennon poses with his wife, Cynthia, near the brick walls of their beautiful English garden. In 1965, the couple were managing to keep their marriage together despite the toll Beatlemania had taken on them, and they make quite a lovely pair as captured in this photo.

2: Lennon’s English Garden #2: John Lennon poses with his lovely wife, Cynthia, near the brick walls of their beautiful English garden. In 1965, the couple were still managing smiles despite the toll several years of nonstop Beatlemania had taken on them.

3: Lennon’s English Garden #3: Cynthia Lennon smiles at her husband, John Lennon, in this lovely, artistic photo of the couple taken in 1965. The number one Beatle was so incredibly famous that the photographer knew he would be recognizable from the back.

4: Lennon’s English Garden #4: Cynthia Lennon watches as her husband, John Lennon,
balances precariously on the edge of a low wall in their English garden at Kenwood. Always the cutup, John allowed his famous sense of humor to permeate this 1965 photo session with a variety of gags and capers.

5: Lennon’s English Garden #5: Cynthia Lennon gets into the act with a big smile, as she poses back-to-back with her husband, John Lennon, on one of the brick walls in their English garden at Kenwood. Cynthia was the height of 60s fashion in her lacy mod dress and black fishnet stockings.

6: Lennon’s English Garden #6: John Lennon strikes a serioud pose with his wife, Cynthia, in the English garden at their home in Kenwood in 1965.

7: Lennon’s English Garden #7: Here Cynthia Lennon poses in John’s “now funny hat decorated with weeds” in the Lennon’s English garden. Cyn was the epitome of pop-star wife beauty, circa 1965.

8: Lennon’s English Garden #8: John Lennon gets nutty making a joke about smoking the “weed” on his wife Cynthia’s hat in this photo session from 1965. He’s also “watering” the hat, as Cyn poses sedately on a bench in the Lennon’s English garden at Kenwood.

9: Lennon’s English Garden #9: John Lennon gets romantic with his wife, Cynthia, as he offers her a bouquet of weeds in their English garden at Kenwood in 1965.

10: Lennon’s English Garden #10: John Lennon gets playfully romantic with his wife Cynthia, as he offers her a bouquet of weeds in their English garden at Kenwood in 1965. This time, Cyn appears to be smiling in approval of her pop-star husband’s gentle ways.

11: Lennon’s English Garden #11: A very romantic moment is captured as John Lennon poses sweetly with his wife, Cynthia, in their English garden at Kenwood in 1965. Despite John’s reputation as a “bad boy,” who could possibly resist the kind of charm he is demonstrating in this lovely, rather intimate photo?

12: Lennon’s English Garden #12: John Lennon squints in the sun, as his wife, Cynthia, playfully attempts to use an oil can on the Beatle’s mop-top hair, in a photo session taken in their English garden at Kenwood in 1965.

13: Lennon’s English Garden #13: John Lennon poses with his wife, Cynthia, in a photo session taken in their English garden at Kenwood in 1965. The couple is a perfect example of pop-star cool in the heady days of Beatlemania and Swinging London.

14: Lennon’s English Garden #14: Cynthia Lennon is captured in a lovely portrait in the Lennon’s English garden at their home in Kenwood. She was among the elite of the beautiful pop-star wives of Swinging London, circa 1965.

15: Lennon’s English Garden #15: John Lennon and his wife, Cynthia, get really silly in this lengthy photo session from 1965. The couple are posing on the stairs in the English garden at their home in Kenwood.

16: Lennon’s Dandelion: John Lennon gets kooky with a dandelion in this lengthy photo session from 1965. John is happily posing for the photographer in the English garden at his home in Kenwood.

17: The King of Kenwood #1: John Lennon poses with his wife, Cynthia, and their young son, Julian, at their home in Kenwood in 1965. This is the first of the series of the Lord of the Manor style photos. Note that Cyn has a mop and John is holding a shovel.

18: The King of Kenwood #2: John Lennon poses with his wife, Cynthia, and their young son, Julian, at their home in Kenwood in 1965. This is the second of the series of the Lord of the Manor style photos. John has his hand placed lovingly on little Julian’s head.

19: The King of Kenwood #3: John Lennon poses with his wife, Cynthia, and their young son, Julian, at their home in Kenwood in 1965. This is the third of the series of the Lord of the Manor style photos. Clearly the couple are cracking up at the silliness of the poses. Young Julian sits quietly in his mother’s lap, oblivious to it all.