his famous 1938 photographic work "Flora Robson Surrealised". In 1990, McBean fell ill whilst on holiday in Morocco, and after returning to England, he died at Ipswich Heath Road Hospital on his eighty-sixth birthday. Conclusion Two figures have prevented McBean from gaining more fame: Cecil Beaton (thanks to his lavish lifestyle and work for Vogue and the British Royal Family); and David Bailey, who much later (1960s) was close to Cecil Beaton both personally and in terms of style. McBean did not enjoy this level of fame either in his life or after death, even though he was arguably the better technically and artistically. Additionally McBean's focus on the world of theatre (particularly London's West End) did not give him international recognition. In 2007, seven original colour transparencies (slides) of his photographs for the Beatles album cover Please Please Me were accidentally thrown in the bin at the headquarters of EMI. Gallery Exhibitions Angus McBean Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, July to October 2006. Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, December 2006 – March 2007. National Museum Wales Cardiff, March – June 2007. Catalogue selected and edited by Terence Pepper, including interview with Sir Paul McCartney. References External links National Portrait Gallery exhibition, 2006 Auction of Angus McBean photographs, prints & props, 2013 http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06543/angus-mcbean 1904 births 1990 deaths People from Newbridge, Caerphilly People educated at Monmouth School for Boys Welsh photographers Welsh people of Scottish descent Welsh gay artists Welsh LGBT photographers Gay photographers People prosecuted under anti-homosexuality laws People from Abertillery British surrealist artists British set decorators 20th-century LGBT people