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Artist/Maker	Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (drawn)

Pen and ink study of two flowers, created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1940-1960.

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Designs
Object type	Drawing
Title	Drawing (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink on cream paper Drawing Paper Pen and Ink Drawing Painting
Brief description	Pen and ink study of two flowers, created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1940-1960
Physical description	Pen and ink study of two flowers. The line drawing focusses on the petals of the flowers, possibly daffodils, with cross hatching used to add shading.
Dimensions	Height: 25.1cm Widest point width: 19.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	8 1/2 (Handwritten annotation in pencil, bottom left hand corner of the sketch.)
Credit line	Given by the executors of Eileen Hose
Summary	Pen and ink study of two flowers, created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1940-1960. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.2264-2014

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Record created	October 31, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1302558/drawing-drawing-beaton-cecil-sir/

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