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Cecil Beaton sketchbooks and drawings, circa 1910-80


107 Portraits in set

25 sketchbooks and notebooks of Cecil Beaton, including his 'television sketchbooks' which contain pencil sketches and caricatures of personalities and popular figures apparently drawn from the television during the 1960s and 1970s. The collection also includes 52 loose drawings and rough sketches, in pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, that Beaton made between the 1930s and 1970s. These drawings represent an assortment of royal, society and theatrical figures, and include some non-portrait subjects.

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Unknown sitter, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3640

Unknown sitter

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, pen and ink, 1920s or after
NPG D3640

Unknown sitter ('Edwardian hostess'), by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3633

Unknown sitter ('Edwardian hostess')

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, pen and ink, published 1 May 1920
NPG D3633

Unknown sitter, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3635

Unknown sitter

by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, mid 20th century
NPG D3635

Unknown sitter, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3636

Unknown sitter

by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, mid 20th century
NPG D3636

Design, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3625

Design

by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, published 1930
NPG D3625

'New York Impressions', by Cecil Beaton - NPG D3624

'New York Impressions'

by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink and wash with collage, published 1937
NPG D3624

Margaret Mead, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(119)

Margaret Mead

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(119)

Marlene Dietrich, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(38)

Marlene Dietrich

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(38)

Ian McKellen, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(1)

Ian McKellen

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(1)

Frankie Howerd, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(58)

Frankie Howerd

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(58)

Frankie Howerd, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(14)

Frankie Howerd

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(14)

John Gielgud, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(35)

John Gielgud

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(35)

Alec Douglas-Home, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(89)

Alec Douglas-Home

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(89)

Flora Robson, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17941(76)

Flora Robson

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17941(76)

Spike Milligan, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(37)

Spike Milligan

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(37)

Ninette de Valois, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(55)

Ninette de Valois

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(55)

Joyce Grenfell, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(71)

Joyce Grenfell

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(71)

Sir Ralph Richardson, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(46)

Sir Ralph Richardson

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(46)

Imogen Clare Holst, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(79)

Imogen Clare Holst

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(79)

Maggie Smith, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(124)

Maggie Smith

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(124)

Maggie Smith, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17943(125)

Maggie Smith

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17943(125)

Harold Wilson, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17944(51)

Harold Wilson

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17944(51)

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17945(13)

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17945(13)

Peter Woods, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(35)

Peter Woods

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(35)

Mick Jagger, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(77)

Mick Jagger

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(77)

Sir Edward Heath, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(128)

Sir Edward Heath

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(128)

Billie Whitelaw, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(137)

Billie Whitelaw

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(137)

Michael Crawford, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(150)

Michael Crawford

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(150)

Michael Crawford, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(151)

Michael Crawford

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(151)

J.B. Priestley, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(61)

J.B. Priestley

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(61)

André George Previn, by Cecil Beaton - NPG D17946(97)

André George Previn

by Cecil Beaton
pencil, late 1960s-early 1970s
NPG D17946(97)