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Baba Beaton

Barbara ('Baba') Beaton (1912 - 1973), Mrs Alec Hambro, younger sister of Cecil Beaton and the subject of many of his early portraits. Photographed here for an exhibition by Peter North called Significant Portraits which featured the society beauties of 1934

Picture No
13731956
Media ID
45394870
Size
4222px x 5522px (3.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Peter North in The Sketch 31 October 1934. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1934

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