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... ( Cecil Beaton photograph , courtesy of Sotheby's Belgravia ) The Barmaid by William Nicholson Elizabeth Bowen in 1946 ( Bill Brandt ) Daisy Fellowes in 1931 ( Cecil Beaton photograph , courtesy of Sotheby's Belgravia ) In history I love ...
... ( Cecil Beaton photograph , courtesy of Sotheby's Belgravia ) The Barmaid by William Nicholson Elizabeth Bowen in 1946 ( Bill Brandt ) Daisy Fellowes in 1931 ( Cecil Beaton photograph , courtesy of Sotheby's Belgravia ) In history I love ...
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... Cecil Beaton chronicled the vicissi- tudes of their long and curious relationship . That Cecil was a modest man is seldom understood by those who saw him as a Wildean poseur and an intransigent dandy . He worked aston- ishingly hard ...
... Cecil Beaton chronicled the vicissi- tudes of their long and curious relationship . That Cecil was a modest man is seldom understood by those who saw him as a Wildean poseur and an intransigent dandy . He worked aston- ishingly hard ...
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... Cecil Beaton . ' ... I could only do something when it was strange to me : I didn't even know what it was all about ; I didn't like to know what the lines meant ... I did anything that came into my head and made a kind of fantasy of it ...
... Cecil Beaton . ' ... I could only do something when it was strange to me : I didn't even know what it was all about ; I didn't like to know what the lines meant ... I did anything that came into my head and made a kind of fantasy of it ...
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PROLOGUE I | 1 |
The Desire to Please | 25 |
The Disinterested Gift | 47 |
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