The Stars Are Right: Cecil Becker
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Cecil Becker[edit]
A reclusive industrialist in his 60s, based in London. He made his fortune expanding his family's business. He is a patron of the arts, collecting a number of works from the 1870s onwards. He has mentored a number of young artists, but has never met any of them face to face -- instead acting through his agent Edmund Handley. In the winter of 1931, he commissioned a series of sketches of Sandoy Island from archaeological illustrator Henrik Mueller. The reason for these has not been explained. Turns out he's not in his 60s, but he is actually an American by birth and is the brother of Colonel Ryan Becker.
