Cecil Beaton and his friends
3 of 24 portraits of Rex Whistler
Cecil Beaton and his friends
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, October 1927
5 5/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (142 mm x 240 mm)
Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Gallery, 1991
Photographs Collection
NPG x40409
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Artistback to top
- Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Artist associated with 1051 portraits, Sitter associated with 314 portraits.
Sittersback to top
- Cecil Beaton (1904-1980), Photographer, designer and writer. Sitter associated with 314 portraits, Artist associated with 1051 portraits.
- Teresa ('Baby') Jungman (Mrs Cuthbertson) (1908-2010), Society hostess. Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Zita Jungman (Mrs Arthur James) (1904-2006), Society hostess. Sitter in 3 portraits.
- Georgia Sitwell (née Doble) (1905-1980), Wife of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Bt. Sitter in 8 portraits.
- Stephen Tennant (1906-1987), Poet, decorator and aesthete. Sitter in 11 portraits.
- Sir William Turner Walton (1902-1983), Composer. Sitter in 24 portraits.
- Reginald John ('Rex') Whistler (1905-1944), Painter and designer. Sitter in 24 portraits, Artist of 6 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Pepper, Terence, Beaton Portraits, 2004 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 February to 31 May 2004), p. 25
Exhibitions and displays
- Francis Goodman: Back in Focus
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