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Wallis Simpson serving cocktails, London 20 November 1936
Auction: 02/19/1998
Lot: 865
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Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton AUCTION RECORDS
1904 Hampstead, England - 1980 Wiltshire, England. Known for: Celebrity portrait painting, photography, fashion design.
Sir Cecil Walter Beaton was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, style icon, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He... Read full biography
Sir Cecil Walter Beaton was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, style icon, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was born on January 14, 1904 in Hampstead the son of Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton (1867-1936), a... Read full biography
Sir Cecil Walter Beaton was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, style icon, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was born on January 14, 1904 in Hampstead the son of Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton (1867-1936), a prosperous timber merchant, and his wife Etty Sissons (1872-1962). His grandfather, Walter Hardy Beaton (1841-1904) had founded the family business of Beaton Brothers Timber Merchants and Agents, and his... Read full biography
Sir Cecil Walter Beaton was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, style icon, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was born on January 14, 1904 in Hampstead the son of Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton (1867-1936), a prosperous timber merchant, and his wife Etty Sissons (1872-1962). His grandfather, Walter Hardy Beaton (1841-1904) had founded the family business of Beaton Brothers Timber Merchants and Agents, and his father followed into the business. Ernest Beaton was also an amateur actor and had met his wife, Cecil's mother, when playing the lead in a play. She was the daughter of a Cumbrian blacksmith who had come to London to visit her married sister. They... Read full biography
Sir Cecil Walter Beaton was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, style icon, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. He was born on January 14, 1904 in Hampstead the son of Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton (1867-1936), a prosperous timber merchant, and his wife Etty Sissons (1872-1962). His grandfather, Walter Hardy Beaton (1841-1904) had founded the family business of Beaton Brothers Timber Merchants and Agents, and his father followed into the business. Ernest Beaton was also an amateur actor and had met his wife, Cecil's mother, when playing the lead in a play. She was the daughter of a Cumbrian blacksmith who had come to London to visit her married sister. They had four children - in addition to Cecil there were two daughters Nancy (1909-1999) and Baba (1912-1973), and... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAscot Gavotte; set and costume design for 'My Fair Lady'
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton Auction: 11/21/2007Lot: 210Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeCOSTUME STUDY FOR A FLOWER SELLER IN "MY FAIR LADY"
Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton Auction: 11/21/2014 - 11/23/2014Lot: 716Subscribe or get free alerts
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