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.
Probably Rita Francis Mosscockle (née Harriet Francis Sparrow)
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, early 20th century
NPG D3638
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, after 1913
NPG D3631
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, circa 1918
NPG D3642
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, pen and ink, 1920s or after
NPG D3640
Unknown sitter ('Edwardian hostess')
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, pen and ink, published 1 May 1920
NPG D3633
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, 1920s?
NPG D3630
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, mid 20th century
NPG D3635
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, mid 20th century
NPG D3636
Horse Guards at Buckingham Palace (Unknown sitters)
by Cecil Beaton
brush and ink, mid 20th century
NPG D3626
Unknown sitter on board the ocean liner 'Europa'
by Cecil Beaton
pencil, 1930s?
NPG D3641b
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 and ink, published 1930
NPG D3625
by Cecil Beaton
pen, brush and ink, 1935
NPG D3616
Costume Design (Unknown Sitter)
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
by Cecil Beaton
pen and ink, 1950s
NPG D3639