Cecil Beaton
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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and H
Beaton in 1928
Beaton alongside his sisters Nancy and Barbara, 1930
Beaton's photograph of the bell towers of St Paul's Cathedral in London, seen through an archway after an incendiary raid, 1940
Beaton's photograph of Queen Fawzia Fuad Chirine with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and their daughter, Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi, in Tehran, 1942
Baba Beaton
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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
Cecil Beaton
…sister. Ernest and Etty Beaton had four children – Cecil; two daughters, Nancy Elizabeth Louise Beaton (1909–99, who married Sir Hugh Smiley, Bt.) and Barbara Jessica Beaton (1912–73, known as Baba, who married Alec Hambro); and another son, Reginald Ernest Hardy Beaton (1905–33). Cecil Beaton was educated at Heath Mount…
George Spencer Watson (1869–1934) - Portrait of Miss Beaton
Wedding dress with orange-blossom choker, 1934, for Baba Beaton. V&A Museum