Overview
Costume and set designs for various theatrical productions.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1962
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.5 linear feet (9 drawings in 9 folders)Contains set and costume designs for New York City Ballet productions of Illuminations, Picnic at Tintagel, and Swan Lake; costume designs for School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and caricature of Katharine Cornell in Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.
Biographical / Historical
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a celebrated English photographer, artist and stage and costume designer for theater and film.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title of production.
Physical Location
pfd, ppf
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2004MT-32.
Purchased with the Oenslager Fund; received: 2003 September 22.
2004MT-37.
Purchased with Frank E. Chase Bequest; received: 2004 August 31.
Processing Information
Processed by: Irina Klyagin.
- Title
- Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980. Cecil Beaton costume and set designs, 1950-1962: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02483
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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