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H Beard Print Collection

Print
early May 1913 (published)
Artist/Maker
The Sphere (An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home) (publisher)
Matania, Fortunino (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Page from The Sphere with an illustration depicting the Rhine Maidens' scene in The Rhinegold as performed at Covent Garden, with Miss Rourke as Woglande, Miss D'Arcy as Wellgunde, Mademoiselle Schaeffer as Flosshilde and August Kiess as Alberich. Published in London by The Sphere. A variety of articles and images are printed on the reverse.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
print, ink on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Print-Making
Brief description
Page from The Sphere with an illustration depicting the Rhine Maidens' scene in The Rhinegold as performed at Covent Garden. Published in London by The Sphere in early May 1913, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Page from The Sphere with an illustration depicting the Rhine Maidens' scene in The Rhinegold.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 33.6cm
  • Print size width: 44.5cm
Subjects depicted
Kiess, August
Rourke (Miss)
D'Arcy (Miss)
Schaeffer (Mlle)
Literary references
  • Das Rheingold
  • Ring des Nibelungen
  • The Ring
  • The Rhinegold
Summary
Page from The Sphere with an illustration depicting the Rhine Maidens' scene in The Rhinegold as performed at Covent Garden, with Miss Rourke as Woglande, Miss D'Arcy as Wellgunde, Mademoiselle Schaeffer as Flosshilde and August Kiess as Alberich. Published in London by The Sphere. A variety of articles and images are printed on the reverse.
Other number
F.129-32 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.4848-2009

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Record createdOctober 13, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1138037/h-beard-print-collection-print-matania-fortunino/
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