Two full-length portrait photographs and one three-quarter length photograph depicting Noël Coward, all signed. Also includes a pencil sketch of Coward and accompanying postcard image from which the sketch appears to have been taken.
Images of Noël Coward
This material is held atUniversity of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library, Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 150 MS502
- Dates of Creation
- [c 1920s - c 1970s]
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 5 items
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Some of these photographs appear to have been taken by Maurice Adams Beck, an English commercial photographer who in the 1920s worked for prestigious clients and, when working for British Vogue, often worked with Helen MacGregor.
Source: www.luminous-lint.com/ accessed 25/10/2007
Access Information
Open. Access to all registered researchers.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Bertram Rota, Catalogue 291, 1999, lots 409-412
Other Finding Aids
Please see full catalogue for more information.
Archivist's Note
Papers arranged and described by Beth Cutts, January 2017, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; and in-house cataloguing guidelines.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
Custodial History
These items were formerly part of the Herbert Schimmel Noël Coward and Ivor Novello collections