Angus Mcbean Manuscripts, (GB 0210 MSMCBEAN)

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Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Angus McBean manuscripts, (GB 0210 MSMCBEAN)

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Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents

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Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information

Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Angus McBean manuscripts, ID: GB 0210 MSMCBEAN Virtua system control vtls006604430 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1945-1987 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 3 volumes. Physical description: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title based on contents. [generalNote]:

Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch

Nodyn | Note Angus McBean (1904-1990), photographer, was born in Newbridge, Monmouthshire, on 8 June 1904, the son of Clem and Irene McBean. The family moved regularly due to his father's work as a mine surveyor. He attended Monmouth Grammar School, 1915-1921, and Newport Technical College, 1921, then worked as a bank clerk, 1921-1924. Following his father's death in 1924 he moved to London with his mother and sister and worked in a department store for several years. He had been interested in photography, the theatre and mask making since his teenage years and in 1934 he became assistant to photographer Hugh Cecil (1889-1974). The following year he opened his own portrait studio. A commission from Ivor Novello to make masks for the play 'The Happy Hypocrite' in 1936 eventually led to him becoming one of the foremost theatrical photographers of his time. He also became famous for his surrealist portraits of the stars of theatre and film, comedians and pop stars. Work for record company EMI included the famous photograph of the Beatles for the cover of their first album 'Please Please Me' (1963). From 1945 McBean was based at a studio in Endell Street, Covent Garden, employing up to ten people; he relocated to Islington in the late 1960s. He retired in 1970 and went to live at Fleming's Hall, Suffolk. He came out of retirement in 1983, taking fashion photos and portraits until his death in June 1990.

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 MSMCBEAN Angus McBean manuscripts, Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history Left by McBean to his partner and studio assistant, David Ball, the consigner in the 2013 auction.

Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content

A visitors book and two 'rotation books' (session lists) relating to the studio of the photographer Angus McBean, 1945-1987.

Nodiadau | Notes

Nodiadau teitl | Title notes

Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Lacy Scott & Knight; Bury St Edmunds; Purchased at auction, lot 30; 12 April 2013

Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 24041-3D.

Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.

Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of Angus McBean copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed June 2013).

Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material A substantial group of Angus McBean photographs is Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard College Library, Harvard Theatre Collection, MS Thr 581. For Angus McBean photographs in the National Library of Wales see NLW Photo Albums 1053 (B), 1904 (D), 3433 (D), 3799 (D), 3929 (B), 4247 (B).

Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published

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Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points

• McBean, Angus, 1904-1990 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Photographers -- England -- London. (pwnc) | (subject)

Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions

Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container NLW MS 24041D. File - Studio visitors book, 1949-1968, NLW MS vtls006508923 1987. 24041D; $q - Front cover and endpaper detached from text block. NLW MS 24042D. File - Rotation book, 1945-1950. NLW MS vtls006604089 24042D; $q - Covers scuffed and worn; leaves missing at end. NLW MS 24043D. File - Rotation book, 1950-1969. NLW MS vtls006604231 24043D; $q - Repaired at NLW (2014).

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