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Appreciated Beaton's letter. Beaton is having terrible times in England. Thinks of Beaton and all of her friends continually and longs to be with them all. Is not happy. Discusses Newport. Came here to see John Julius. Asks Beaton to tell Alice Harding that she went to see Ivan Obolensky while at Newport. He is in a lovely school and he is a handsome boy. He is being coached for a football team.

Blue hardback notebook, divided into two sections. One section of the notebook contains notes for Beaton's 1954 lecture tour. The other section contains miscellaneous notes, some of which refers to the actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990).

Photographic print from the National Portrait Gallery of a self portrait of Cecil Beaton with his camera.

Print from the National Portrait Gallery of a photograph of Cecil Beaton taken in about 1928 by Curtis Moffat and Olivia Wyndham.

Printed bound booklet and cover letter concerning press coverage of Sotheby's 'Beaton at Large' exhibition (10th-20th February 2004). Includes black-and-white photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles about the exhibition and the centenary of Beaton's birth in general.

Printed booklet, containing the alphabetical index of Beaton's studio archive. Also includes an introduction to the archive, quotations from Beaton's diaries and short biographical notes. Produced by Sotheby's Picture Library.

Autograph letter signed, written from Lismore Castle, County Waterford, the home of Lord and Lady Cavendish. CB describes the fun he is having with 'Dellywelly', ie Lady Cavendish, formerly Adele Astaire. He asks if Anita has seen the book Life and Lillian Gish which is 'the most astounding nonsense'. His sister Nancy is getting married 18 January, after which he sails for New York. The letter is undated, but dateable from its content to the latter part of 1932.

Order of service for CB's funeral at All Saints Church, Broadchalke, 23 January 1980. Order of service for CB's memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields, 6 March 1980. A copy of Richard Buckle's typed address for Beaton at his memorial service.