Pattie Boyd
(1944-), Former wife of George Harrison, and later wife of Eric ClaptonPatricia Ann ('Pattie') Boyd
Sitter in 5 portraits
Fashion model and muse. In 1962, after working as a hairdresser, Boyd began a career in modelling and worked with the leading photographers of the day, including David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Eric Swayne. In 1964 she met George Harrison on the set of A Hard Day's Night (1964), they married in 1966 and she inspired his song 'Something' (1969). Boyd later married Eric Clapton (b.1945) whose song 'Layla' (1970) she also inspired. She has had a number of successful photography exhibitions and published her autobiography Wonderful Today: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me (2007).
The Beatles with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
by Philip Townsend
bromide fibre print, 31 August 1967
NPG x128616
by Ronald Traeger
bromide fibre print, September 1967
NPG x125445
by Ronald Traeger
Inkjet print, 1968 (2021)
NPG x202535
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Related People
- Eric Patrick Clapton (husband)
- Helen Mary ('Jenny') Fleetwood (née Boyd) (sister)
- George Harrison (husband)
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