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This simple, sharp, line caricature was drawn by the costume and set designer Guy Sheppard in 1938. It is painted in black with a white highlights at the neck to suggest a shirt collar and shows a side view of the composer and conducter Leonard Constant Lambert with his hair slicked back and eyes narrowed.

It shows Lambert during the period he spent as Musical Director of the Vic-Wells (later Royal) Ballet.

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Category	Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Sketch
Materials and techniques	Paper Paint
Brief description	Caricature of Constant Lambert drawn by Guy Sheppard, 1938.
Physical description	A simple, sharp, line caricature painted in black with a white highlights at the neck to suggest a shirt collar. It shows a side view of Lambert with his hair slicked back and eyes narrowed.
Dimensions	Height: 50.4cm Width: 31.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Guy' (Signature of artist, bottom right hand corner) 'Constant Lambert/Sadlers Wells/1938' (Paint caption in block capitals, bottom right hand corner) 'Sally into Fox' (Pen annotation, left hand side of image.)
Subject depicted	Lambert, Leonard Constant
Summary	This simple, sharp, line caricature was drawn by the costume and set designer Guy Sheppard in 1938. It is painted in black with a white highlights at the neck to suggest a shirt collar and shows a side view of the composer and conducter Leonard Constant Lambert with his hair slicked back and eyes narrowed. It shows Lambert during the period he spent as Musical Director of the Vic-Wells (later Royal) Ballet.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.495-1985

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Record created	February 19, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1155213/sketch-sheppard-guy/

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