The Book of Beauty
The Book of Beauty is a 1930 book by Cecil Beaton, his first published book of photographs. In his concept of beauty, Beaton, with sketches and photographs, highlights actresses such as Tallulah Bankhead and Anna May Wong but also modernist literary figures like Edith Sitwell and Nancy Cunard.
Contents
- Lillie Langtry
- Lily Elsie
- Gaby Deslys
- Gina Palerme
- Mary Curzon, Lady Howe
- The Morgan Sisters
- Gladys Cooper
- Rosamond Pinchot
- Lady Diana Abdy
- The Beaton Sisters
- The Jungman Sisters
- Edith Sitwell
- Virginia Woolf
- Hazel Lavery
- Tallulah Bankhead
- The French Sisters
- Lillian Gish
- Marion Davies
- Norma Shearer
- Alice White
- Greta Garbo
- Irene Castle
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Lady Eleanor Smith and Lady Pamela Smith
- Hon. Daisy Fellowes
- Tilly Losch
- Vicomtess Alice de Janzé
- Marjorie Oelrichs
- Mrs Gordon Beckles Wilson
- Mona Williams
- The Ruthven Twins
- Paula Gellibrand, Marquise de Casa Maury
- Nada Ruffer and Clarita de Uriburu
- Freda Dudley Ward
- Anita Loos
- Adele Astaire
- Lady Nancy Cunard
- Lady Sylvia Ashley
- Lady Diana Cooper