Lot Essay
'Major Barbara' was filmed at Denham and starred Dame Wendy Hiller (1912-2004), Deborah Kerr (b.1921) and Rex Harrison (1908-1990).
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Miss Wendy Hiller in George Bernard Shaw's 'Major Barbara', 1941
Details
Sir Cecil Beaton, C.B.E. (1904-1980)
Miss Wendy Hiller in George Bernard Shaw's 'Major Barbara', 1941
signed 'Beaton' (lower right) and inscribed 'Miss Hillier' (centre)
watercolour and bodycolour
13¾ x 10 in. (34.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Miss Wendy Hiller in George Bernard Shaw's 'Major Barbara', 1941
signed 'Beaton' (lower right) and inscribed 'Miss Hillier' (centre)
watercolour and bodycolour
13¾ x 10 in. (34.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Literature
Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton, published by Weidenfeld, London, 1985, p. 243.
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