Miss Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star
Photograph
1928 (photographed)
1928 (photographed)
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Photograph of a girl on a swing; she wears star-shaped ornaments in her hair, and a gown that appears to be decorated with tinsel.
Object details
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| Title | Miss Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | 'Miss Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star', gelatin-silver print, Sir Cecil Beaton, 1928 |
| Physical description | Photograph of a girl on a swing; she wears star-shaped ornaments in her hair, and a gown that appears to be decorated with tinsel. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2011-2012, label text :
Cecil Beaton (1904-80)
‘Miss Nancy Beaton as a Shooting Star’
1928
In the 1920s and 1930s Beaton was one of London’s
‘Bright Young Things’, fascinated with glamour, high
society and theatre. He launched his career as a
photographer in 1926 with an exhibition in London
that immediately won him a contract with Vogue.
Here, Beaton’s sister poses in elaborate fancy
dress costume for the Galaxy Ball at London’s Park
Lane Hotel.
Gelatin silver print
Museum no. Ph.965-1978
(07 03 2014) |
| Credit line | Copyright Cecil Beaton Archive, Sotheby's |
| Object history | Beaton launched his career as a ‘society’ photographer in 1926 with an exhibition in London which won him an immediate contract with Vogue, where he worked for the next thirty years. His style was inspired by figures such as E.O. Hoppe, Edward Steichen and Baron de Meyer, the most successful magazine photographers of the 1910's and 1920's. Beaton’s fascination with glamour and high society prevailed throughout his life and in 1937 he became court photographer to the British Royal Family. He also became a successful stage and costume designer, most notably for 'My Fair Lady' and 'Gigi'. |
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| Accession number | PH.965-1978 |
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| Record created | July 29, 2003 |
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