Costume design for Lady Faringford, 'The Return of the Prodigal', Act I, 1948

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (1904-1980) Costume design for Lady Faringford, 'The Return of the Prodigal', Act I, 1948 signed and inscribed 'BEATON/LADY FARINGFORD./ACT. I' (lower right) and further inscribed with colour and fabric notes (lower centre) and with artist's studio sale stamp (lower right) coloured chalks, pen and black ink and watercolour, with fabric swatches 17 x 10¾ in. (43.2 x 27.3 cm.)