Barbara Bentley (née Hastings)
(1908-1989), Children's book author; wife of Nicolas Clerihew Bentley; daughter of Sir Patrick Gardiner HastingsSitter in 2 portraits
The daughter of barrister Sir Patrick Hastings. Bentley married the author and cartoonist Nicolas Bentley in 1934, and he illustrated a number of children's books that she wrote, including Lobby Lobster (1943) and Mustapha Monkey (1945).
Barbara Bentley (née Hastings)
by Francis Goodman
half-plate film copy negative, 1932
NPG x68804
Barbara Bentley (née Hastings); Arabella ('Bella') Bentley; Nicolas Clerihew Bentley
by Francis Goodman
nine 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 1945
NPG x195145
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