War In Pictures.

[BEATON, Cecil; Winston S. Churchill].

$1,050.00

Item Number: 125681

London: L. T. A. Robinson, 1940-1941.

Rare collection of five issues of War in Pictures featuring several rare Cecil Beaton wartime photographs. Folio, the collection includes the August 1940, September 1940, January 1941, June 1941, and July 1941 issues of the popular WWII periodical. Each issue contains numerous large-format wartime photographs, many by Cecil Beaton including a large portrait of Winston S. Churchill captioned: “Winston Churchill ‘The Hammer of the Hun’ -a study of Britain’s great war Prime Minister. His unfailing courage, wisdom and determination have confronted the Nazis with their first and most formidable opposition in Europe” and many other portraits and action shots by him. In fine condition. An exceptional collection of WWII-era periodicals.

Although he was best known for his celebrity portraits, Cecil Beaton was one of the most prolific photographers of life during the second world war, taking over 7,000 pictures between 1940 and 1945 in Britain, China, and Africa, featuring everything from the blitz bomb to smoking Royal Army pilots.