Cecil Beaton
(1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writerSitter associated with 360 portraits
Artist associated with 1113 portraits
Cecil Beaton was one of the leading British photographers of the twentieth century. Beaton's early studio portraits of debutantes and celebrities often involved elaborate theatrical backdrops, and helped define the image of the 'Bright young thing'. Beaton was also an acclaimed designer for film and the stage, including My Fair Lady (1956), the musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. He won three Oscars for costume and art direction for the film version of My Fair Lady (1965) and for Gigi (1958). A major retrospective of Beaton's portraits in 1968 was the first exhibition the National Portrait Gallery had devoted to a photographer.
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Quintin McGarel Hogg, 1st Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1945
NPG P869(16)
by Cecil Beaton
chromogenic print, 14 December 1948
NPG P1452
Graham Sutherland; Somerset Maugham
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1949
NPG P155
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, June 1949
NPG P276
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, June 1949
NPG P277
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, June 1949
NPG P278
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1950
NPG P869(2)
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1952
NPG P869(13)
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1453
The Queen with her Maids of Honour
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1454
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Cecil Beaton
chromogenic print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1456
Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
by Cecil Beaton
chromogenic print, 2 June 1953
NPG P1458
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, July 1954
NPG P869(11)
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, November 1955
NPG P869(9)
by Cecil Beaton
chromogenic print, November 1955
NPG P1460
by Cecil Beaton
chromogenic print, November 1955
NPG P1461
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