The story behind Swingeing London

The iconic image Jonathan Jones illustrates (Richard Hamilton 1922-2011: The original pop artist, 14 September) is one of a series Hamilton produced entitled Swingeing London depicting Mick Jagger and his co-accused in the notorious Mars bar drugs trial, Robert Fraser. I was assistant to Robert Fraser – old Etonian art dealer, dandy, drug addict – whose gallery was the acknowledged centre of Time magazine's Swinging London, focal point of the 60s art world with ground-breaking exhibitions (H...

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