Identity area
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Beaton/A/A1/520/147
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/520/147
Title
Autograph letter to Beaton, from Wilsford Manor, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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- (Letter undated.) (Creation)
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4p paper
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Is "feasting" on Beaton's diaries. Has read the chapter about Greta Garbo in Hollywood. She is very like him in some ways. Is writing some script for a play about Lilian Russell in New York. Longs to do a play in New York or Los Angeles. New York Vogue have a lot of pictures of him and Irving Penn. Violet said that Beaton was a "great artist". His novel is progressing. Asks Beaton if he enjoyed his poems. Will he publish more diaries? Beaton's picture of Greta Garbo is amazing. Asks him to come and see him. Asks if he can have more pictures.