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H Beard Print Collection

Print
Artist/Maker

Painting of Ellen Terry in the role of Lady Macbeth by the artist John Singer Sargent. She is wearing the famous beetlewing dress with its flowing sleeves and rich velvet cloak.
This dress (designed by Alice Comyns Carr and made by Mrs.Nettleship) is one of Terry's most famous costumes. Made from crocheted bohemian yarn and trimmed with real green bettlewings, it was worn with a wig of long auburn plaits twisted with gold and a rich crimson velvet cloak with gold applique. Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

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Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Print
Brief description
Print of John Singer Sargent's painting of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (ca.1889), Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Painting of Ellen Terry in the role of Lady Macbeth by the artist John Singer Sargent. She is wearing the famous beetlewing dress with its flowing sleeves and rich velvet cloak.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 24.3cm
Subject depicted
Literary referenceMacbeth
Summary
Painting of Ellen Terry in the role of Lady Macbeth by the artist John Singer Sargent. She is wearing the famous beetlewing dress with its flowing sleeves and rich velvet cloak.
This dress (designed by Alice Comyns Carr and made by Mrs.Nettleship) is one of Terry's most famous costumes. Made from crocheted bohemian yarn and trimmed with real green bettlewings, it was worn with a wig of long auburn plaits twisted with gold and a rich crimson velvet cloak with gold applique. Harry Beard Collection.
Other number
F.137-37 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.6042-2009

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Record createdDecember 15, 2009
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