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Drury Lane Design Collection

Costume Design
1910 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Comelli, Attilio (designer)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the Mace Bearers in the last scene of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1910-11.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Drawings
Paintings
Object type
Costume design
TitleDrury Lane Design Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Ink
Watercolour
Pencil
Millboard
Free-Hand Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the Mace Bearers in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1910, Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design for the Mace Bearers in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Female figure in male dress, a blue and white outfit and elaborate headdress with white plumage, holding a purple mace. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.8cm
  • Width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LAST SCENE / MACE BEARERS' (Written at bottom)
  • '8 Small Part Ladies / 1. Miss E Barrington / 2 " N Murray Woods / 3 " L Hewilson(?) / 4 " N Holmes / 5 " M Lovell / 6 " Heath / 7 " M Macdona / 8 " D Frazer [crossed out] / O Mora' (Written on reverse, list of actresses playing the Mace Bearers)
  • 'No 15' (Written in top right hand corner)
  • 'D' (Written in top left hand corner)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Literary referenceJack and the Beanstalk
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the Mace Bearers in the last scene of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1910-11.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2025-2010

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1172381/drury-lane-design-collection-costume-design-comelli-attilio/
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