The top photograph shows Cecil Beaton at home with guests at Ashcombe House; from l-r: Miss Tilly Losch, Mrs Harcourt Smith, Sir Alfred Beit, Lady Charles Cavendish, Miss Tallulah Bankhead, Princess Paley, Lord Charles Cavendish, Mr J. R. Sutro, Mr Harcourt Smith and Cecil Beaton, the host. The middle two photographs show Beaton in his bedroom, surrounded by circus figures and next to his elaborate bed. The bottom photograph shows guests out in the garden- l-r: Lady Charles Cavendish. Princess Natalie Paley, Miss Tallulah Bankhead, Miss Tilly Losch and Cecil Beaton himself.