Showing 4318 results

Typescript essay, in which Beaton considers certain features of American life. He acknowledges that all travellers find the customs of foreign countries strange. In his case, for instance, he finds peculiar American catchphrases; the American obsession with wrapping everything in cellophane or aluminium foil; the size of their newspapers; their love of air conditioning; and excessive use of sticky tape at Christmas.

Includes a torn strip of envelope with the address of the dancer Cléo de Mérode (1875-1966); a list of photograph numbers; and a diagram of a circle with various names around the perimeter, including 'Cecil', 'Irene Worth', 'Diana', 'Kistie', and Leo d'Erl.

Thanks Beaton for his letter. Praises his career. Is sad that it did not happen in his mother's lifetime. Beaton's father would have been inwardly proud and pleased as well. Reminisces about the Sunday lunches at Templewood Avenue. Feels that all the magazines he used to take have out priced themselves. Was exciting to see Beaton outside Buckingham Palace.

Typescript pen portrait of the actress, Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Hardback notebook; includes entries for August, 1928; also 27th November - 14th December, 1928.

Folio patterned notebook. Includes material relating to Beaton's visit to Tamaris, La Seyne-sur-Mer, in southern France; Sir Francis Rose (1909-1979); Christian Bérard, 'Bébé', (1902-1949); John Sutro (1903-1985); and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946).

Blue hardback notebook; includes material relating to Greta Garbo (1905-1990).

Black hardback notebook; includes sketches of Japanese dress and of the writer, Truman Capote (1924-1984); accounts of Paros, Greece (August 1958); Venice; Florence; Pratolino; Madrid (April 1959); Whitsun (1959); Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990); and Lady Nancy Astor (1879-1964).