Baba Collection

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Baba Beaton
Miss Baba Beaton is the younger of the two beautiful and attractive Beaton girls. They are among the most popular of the blonde ex-debs, and no party is complete without them

The Hut of Baba Yaga
The Baba Yaga chases the girl in a pestle

Silver Soap Suds by Cecil Beaton in The Sketch, 1930
Miss Baba Beaton, (the photographers sister), the Hon. Mrs Charles Baillie-Hamilton (formerly Miss Wanda Holden) and Lady Bridget Poulett shown as decorative soap suds in a photograph by Cecil

Vasilissa on her way to the Baba-Yaga - from a traditional Russian fairy tale Date: 1910

Meher Baba (1894-1969) aka Merwins Irani Indian spiritual leader who promised to speak the One Word which would save humanity, but didn t keep his word

Portraits by Cecil Beaton in The Sketch, 1927
Photographs and a painting by Cecil Beaton, featuring Lady Florence Jane Alexander, Miss Baba Beaton(1912-1973) and Viscountess Grey of Fallodon (1871-1928), in a page in The Sketch

Baba Beaton
Barbara ( Baba ) Beaton (1912 - 1973), Mrs Alec Hambro, younger sister of Cecil Beaton and the subject of many of his early portraits

Costumed group at Baroness D Erlangers costume ball, Venice
A group on the theme of Neptunes Embassy at Baroness D Erlangers celebrated costume ball at the Fenice Theatre, Venice in 1926

M. Orr / Ali Baba
Ali Baba counted forty of them from his vantage point up a tree

Lady Alexandra Curzon marries Major E. D (Fruity) Metcalfe
Marriage of Lady Alexandra (Baba) Curzon and Major Edward Dudley (Fruity) Metcalfe at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess in 1925

Engagement of the Beaton sisters
An impression by society sketch portraitist Pat Charles of the two recently engaged sisters of Cecil Beaton with their fiancÚ│« Nancy Beaton is seen with Sir Hugh Smiley

Ali Baba in the Wood
Black & white illustration from Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley. Date: 1897

Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge in polka dots at Venice Lido
Princesse Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, formerly Baba D Erlanger pictured taking her dogs for a walk at the Venice Lido with her husband and mother, Baroness D Erlanger

Society basking on the Lido sands
Well-known personalities of Venetian society sunbathing at the Venice Lido. The Hon. Mrs Evelyn Fitzgerald, Prince Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, Count Giovanni Sangro de Buccino

Princess de Faucigny Lucigne at costume ball, Venice
Princess Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger, in her costume as water at a costume ball given by her mother

A Lido Reflection by Tony Wysard
A gathering of society at the Venice Lido, at a party given by Elsa Maxwell. Left to right are: Serge Lifar, Miss Elsa Maxwell, Lady Abdy, the Baroness d Erlanger and her daughter

Princess Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge
Princess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger, only daughter of Baron and Baroness d Erlanger. She married Prince Jean Louis Faucigny-Lucinge in 1923

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MISS SAHIB OF LADKOK AND LHAL BABA OF LADKOK Two terriers standing together. Owner: Greig Date: 1937

Princess Jean de Faucigny-Lucinge (Baba d Erlanger)
Princess Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger portrayed by Olive Snell for The Tatler. Date: 1925

Thessaloniki, Greece - Tomb of Sheikh Musa Baba. Date: circa 1910s

Tabriz Prince Baba Bar Ischaja Mualim Date: circa 1903

Lala Baba at Gallipoli WWI
The Scottish Horse bivouacking on the beach at Lala Baba, Suvla Bay, on landing. The beach was under shell fire from a 6-inch gun and casualties soon occurred. Lala Baba is the hill in the background

Ali Baba at the Cave by Rene Bull
Open Sesame - Ali Baba at the cave. Date: 1914

Egypt. Funerary stela of wood. Luxor, Late Period, 650-640 B
Egyptian art. Egypt. Baba, daughter of the priest of Amun Bes-n-Mut, praying to the sun gods Atum (left) and Re-Harakhte. Funerary stela of wood. Luxor, Late Period, 650-640 BC

Baba D Erlanger - Princess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge
Princess Jean Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger, only daughter of Baron and Baroness d Erlanger. She married Prince Jean Louis Faucigny-Lucinge in 1923

The Hambro - Beaton wedding, 1934
Mr Alec Hambro with his bride Barbara (Baba) Beaton, pictured at their wedding reception held at Mrs Cunningham-Reids house in Upper Brook Street, London

Ali Baba & the forty thieves
The forty thieves (cats) hiding in oil jars. Artist: Louis Wain Date: 1903

Ali Baba by Lilian Govey. Morgiana went from jar to jar and found a man in every one except the last. A fairy tale from One Thousand and One Nights Date: 1912

Baba D Erlanger weds Prince Faucigny Lucinge et Coligne
Page from The Sketch reporting on the marriage of Liliane (Baba) D Erlanger, only daughter of Baron d Erlanger of 139 Piccadilly to Prince Jean Louis Faucigny Lucinge et Coligne at Westminster

Illustration to the story of Ali Baba
Design or illustration to the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, featuring a slim woman in eastern costume, discovering men hiding in jars

Ali Baba. From Playhour (1958)

Oscar Asche as Abu Hasan in Chu Chin Chow
Mr Oscar Asche in the lead role of Abu Hasan in Chu Chin Chow - a musical comedy based on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves he wrote, produced and also directed! Date: circa 1919

Reception for colonial coronation visitors
Lord and Lady Warwicks reception to Indian and colonial coronation visitors at Warwick Castle. A large and distinguished company travelled down to Warwick Castle by special train from Paddington;

Gallipoli view WWI
View from the front line trench towards Achi Baba at Gallipoli during World War I

French soldiers WWI
Achi Baba as seen in the distance from the ruined water towers behind the French lines during World War I on the Dardanelles

Constantinople - View of Kuzguncuk
This little village is between Beylerbey and Uskudar on the Asian side of Bosphorus. A quiet place, which takes its name from Kuzgun Baba

A Bektash Dervish Sheikh (Baba) wearing the traditional twelve-pointed wheel (the twelve imans). Founder of the Bektashi order was Hajji Bektash Wali (1209 - 1271)

VASILISSA
Vasilissa on her way to visit the Baba Yoga

Robber Captain Hides Men
As soon as I throw some stones out of my window, come out!, the robber captain tells his men as they try to steal Ali Babas gold

Arabian Nights / Ali Baba
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The thieves hide in jars

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