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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 Halberdiers 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 Halberdiers in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1910, Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design for the Halberdiers in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Female figure in a blue and white jacket with silver details over white trousers, wearing a helmet and carrying a silver halberd. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.7cm
  • Width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LAST SCENE / HALBARDIERS' (Written at bottom)
  • '32 Chorus Ladies / 1. Miss F Pragnell / 2. " Q Saunders / 3. E. Clarkson / 4. " D. May / 5. " W. Hepworth / 6. " M Haiman / 7. " F. Blake / 8. " M. Artis / 9. " Ellam / 10. " D. Grimaldi / 11. " M Morell / 12. " Winaberg / 13. " Dick / 14. " Silverthorne / 15. " F. Roberts / 16. " Segrist / 17. " V Neilson / 18. " A Knight / 19. " Humby / 20. " L Winter / 21. " Millar / 22. " Carlisle / 23. " Kenedy / 24. " B. Menzies / 25. " " Montrose / 26. " F. Lewis / 27. " F Grimaldi / 28. " P. Clifford / 29. " D Woods / 30. " McCullum / 31. " Kenyon / 32. H. Leslie' (Written on left hand side of reverse)
  • '16 Ballet Ladies / 1. Miss Shonberg / 2. " D Hart / 3. " Piggott / 4. " Shortis / 5. " M. Leslie / 6. " Gower / 7. " Maitland / 8. " A Winter / 9. " Marie Winter / 10. " Galvin / 11. " Scott / 12. " Travers / 13. " Cave / " 14. " Osborne / 15. " Avonmore / 16. " de Soolen' (Written on right hand side of reverse)
  • 'No 14' (Written in top right hand corner)
  • 'B' (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 Halberdiers 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.2030-2010

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Record createdSeptember 17, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1172421/drury-lane-design-collection-costume-design-comelli-attilio/
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