Drawing

Drawing

Cecil Beaton

1965

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This is a pen-and-ink drawing by Cecil Beaton. It’s a full-length sketch of a female figure, probably for a costume design. The back of the drawing shows diary pages he later turned into his 1964 book *Fair Lady*. You can still see his blue pen notes over the typed lines. Check out more of Beaton’s designs at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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