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design for Elsinore

Theatre Design
1864 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for Elsinore Castle in a 1864 production of Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre. Possibly an alternative design to E.261-1925.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titledesign for Elsinore (generic title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Brief description
William Telbin, design for Hamlet, as produced by Charles Fletcher at Lyceum Theatre, 1864
Physical description
Design for Elsinore Castle in a 1864 production of Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre. Possibly an alternative design to E.261-1925.
Dimensions
  • Height: 165mm
  • Width: 217mm
Credit line
Given by W. L. Telbin
Place depicted
Association
Literary referenceHamlet by William Shakespeare
Bibliographic reference
Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985
Collection
Accession number
E.262-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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