Merle Oberon

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Artist/Maker	Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (photographed)

A bust length photograph of the film actress Merle Oberon wearing a polkadot veil and a jewelled crucifix.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits
Object type	Photograph
Title	Merle Oberon (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gelatin silver print Paper Gelatin-Silver
Brief description	Photograph by Cecil Beaton, photographic portrait of Merle Oberon, gelatin-silver print, Great Britain, ca. 1934
Physical description	A bust length photograph of the film actress Merle Oberon wearing a polkadot veil and a jewelled crucifix.
Dimensions	Image height: 24cm Image width: 19cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Subjects depicted	Veil Jewels Crucifix Portrait Actress Woman Thompson, Estelle Merle
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.787-1994

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Record created	April 3, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O220310/merle-oberon-photograph-beaton-cecil-sir/

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