"Near East" 1943 BEATON, Cecil (SIGNED) The Vanderbilts Subject: Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb

Subject: Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb

Provides an analysis of the evolution of the formal French style of landscape architecture during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Frame Sz: 15 1/2"H x 20"W

Bound with fabric personally selected by Miuccia Prada & still w/ its cardboard box

"Near East" 1943 BEATON, Cecil (SIGNED) The Vanderbilts Subject: Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt WebbBEATON, Cecil Signed on title page [150] pp. B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1943 Second Printing 8 3 4" x 6" VG In March 1942 Beaton was sent by the Ministry of Information to the Middle East for a three month assignment. His task was to take photographs of the war efforts of the Allied Forces and to send home written reports that could be used for propaganda purposes. After a long journey across Africa, with multiple stops, Beaton landed in Cairo. He spent