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...Cecil Beaton, the great society photographer, used all sorts of tricks to flatter his subjects after replacing what he called “hazardous candid camera shots”....
...In 1561, Elizabeth privately backed Mary’s claim to the English succession, against Cecil’s favoured Protestant candidates, says Guy. Cecil believed religion came first and dynasty second....
...Founded in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1951 by warlock and screenwriter Cecil Williamson, it moved to the Cornish coast in 1960....
...King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, grins in a carefree way not seen much in the five decades since....
...Napoleon III’s portraitist was not Manet, the era’s radical figure painter, but the tame Franz Winterhalter, also lured to Britain by Prince Albert....
...Reynolds painted Mai, his Polynesian name, after the Pacific islander voyaged to Britain in 1774 and was presented to King George III on his arrival....
...And, on December 1, Dreweatts in Newbury is hosting a sale with some truly exceptional pieces from the collector and dealer Phillip Lucas, including a Baroque bronze chandelier, dated 17th century, that...
...Their melodies skim numerous 1970s and ’80s references: a dash of Stevie Nicks, Simon and Garfunkel, Wilson Phillips, a twist of synth-pop, or (on “Up from a Dream”) glam-rock beats....
...market darling Yukhnovich, who recently had a solo exhibition at London’s Victoria Miro; one artwork sold for more than seven times its earlier estimate. 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Phillips...
...Works by Cornelia Parker, Anselm Kiefer and Michael Joo are among the 16 estimated to make up to £135,700 at Phillips, London on March 4....
...Benoît Repellin, head of jewellery Europe at auctioneers Phillips, says: “[The revived names] attract collectors who are not familiar with the brands.”...
...The Chico is run by the Phillips family, whose company Ranchlands was founded in 1999 by Duke Phillips III, or “Big Duke”....
...It was Gieves that made the RAF uniform worn by the future George VI on his wedding day, ditto the famous “boat cape” in which the Queen was photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1968....
...In 1984, he gave a sensational, glitteringly nasty performance as Richard III, scuttling around the stage on crutches as the “bottled spider” of Shakespeare’s text....
...Streaks of lush green surround a pool of deep blue sea, palm-fringed, in Hurvin Anderson’s “Maracas III”....
...These include photographs of him and his late wife, the set designer Julia Trevelyan Oman, by David Bailey, Snowdon and Cecil Beaton, whose landmark 1968 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery was organised...
...The cup, believed to have been commissioned by Emperor Ferdinand III and later in the collection of Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, was offered by Kugel Galerie at the truncated fair....
...The Westminster “halo” tiara was fashioned by Lacloche in the oriental “bandeau” style to include the Arcot diamonds, once belonging to Queen Charlotte, consort to George III....
...It takes guests, but is no dude ranch: 90 per cent of revenue comes from the herds of 400 cattle and 2,000 bison, according to its founder Duke Phillips III (he is called Big Duke, distinguishing him from...
...Some of his painterly images are being collected as fine art: in November 2016, his 1992 image of the model Tatjana Patitz, photographed for a Jil Sander campaign, sold at Phillips for HK$2.36m (£230,000...
...Alongside Charles Saatchi, Tibbles was one of the first supporters of Damien Hirst and among the works on offer are the British artist’s early spot painting “Antipyrylazo III” (1994, est £900,000-£1.2m)...
...The villa played host to Henry III on his journey from Poland to become king of France....
...Godfrey Kneller’s streamlined “Hampton Court Beauties” — “Diana de Vere”, “Margaret Cecil” — are identikit as the giant Chinese porcelain vases displayed alongside them....
...These now dominate Tibbles’s Victorian ground-floor flat in London’s leafy Kensington, where an early Hirst spot painting, “Antipyrylazo III” (1994), has loomed almost too large over the living room fireplace...
...Many of his family joined him for this birthday celebration: his son Teddy; his daughter Kami and her husband James Walbourne; his other son Jack, compère and occasional bassist; his partner Zara Phillips...
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