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95 Portraits in set: Cecil Beaton sketchbooks and drawings, circa 1910-80
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.
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, circa 1918
NPG D3642
Gaby Deslys as The Charm of Paris in 'New Aladdin'
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink and wash with glitter, circa 1930
NPG D3613
Paula Gellibrand, Marquise de Casa Maury
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, published 1930
NPG D3615
by Cecil Beaton
pen, brush and ink, 1935
NPG D3616
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink and wash, circa 1935
NPG D3620
by Cecil Beaton
watercolour on red card, 1937
NPG D3618
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink and wash with collage, published 1937
NPG D3624
Probably Sheila (née Berry), Countess of Birkenhead
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, 1940s?
NPG D3641
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, 1950s?
NPG D3759
Sir Frederick Ashton; Lord David Cecil
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, 1950s-1960s
NPG D17949(20)
A lady of fashion of circa 1910
by Cecil Beaton
ink and wash, published 1954
NPG D3623
Probably costume designs for 'Turandot'
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, probably early 1960s
NPG D3621
Barry Humphries as Mrs Everage
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, 1969
NPG D17947(13)
