Barbara Jessica Hardy Beaton, known as Baba Beaton, was an English socialite who, together with her sister, Nancy, was known as one of the Beaton Sisters, and was included in The Book of Beauty by the
George Spencer Watson (1869–1934) - Portrait of Miss Beaton
Cecil Beaton, and his sisters, Nancy and Barbara
Wedding dress with orange-blossom choker, 1934, for Baba Beaton. V&A Museum
Wanda Holden was an English socialite, included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton.
Baba Beaton
…Brothers Timber Merchants and Agents". Baba was one of the first models of her brother Cecil. A famous 1920 photo by Cecil Beaton depicts Baba Beaton, Wanda Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Bridget Poulett. According to her brother, Cecil Beaton, in The Book of Beauty (1930): "Baba is too wise to be young, and has the repose of…