Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/420/1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/420/1
Title
Autograph letter signed to Beaton.
Date(s)
- 10 Apr. 1974 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1890-1977)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Read an article with great interest, and was inspired to re-read "The Glass of Fashion". There was a small piece about her and her balloons, which prompted her to wonder if anyone ever says "whatever happened to Gladys Peto?" She went on drawing balloons until 1946 when she took up gardening and landscape painting. She had a stroke in 1970 and her right hand is still paralysed. Admires his photographs and the illustrations in the book.