Cherry Cottrell as Ophelia

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Artist/Maker	Gabain, Ethel (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Cherry Cottrell (1909-1996) has a brief but notable career in the 1930s and 1940s, when she was amongst the most promising actresses of her day. She appeared frequently at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, and at the Westminster Theatre, and acted opposite Laurence Olivier at the Old Vic, where she played Ophelia to his Hamlet in 1937.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Paintings Theatre
Object type	Oil painting
Title	Cherry Cottrell as Ophelia (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Oil on canvas Oil Colour Canvas Painting (Image-Making) Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil painting of Cherry Cottrell as Ophelia, by E. Gabain, ca.1937
Physical description	Oil paintig depicting Cherry Cottrell as Ophelia, slipping into the river from left. She wears a white dress and her arms are raised above her shoulders, her hands holding flowers. A line of flowers floats on the water in front of her.
Marks and inscriptions	'E. Gabain' (Artist's signature, upper right hand corner.) '160' (Label. Lower left hand corner, on glass.) 'City of Manchester / Art Gallery / 7011' (Label. Back of frame, upper left hand corner.) 'Case: 5 / Contents: 19 ?Works / Northern ?Ballets / 1938' (Label. Back of frame, lower right.) [Illegible] (Stamp. Back, centre of canvas.)
Credit line	Given by Miss Ann Crowther
Subjects depicted	Cottrell, Cherry Ophelia
Literary reference	Hamlet
Summary	Cherry Cottrell (1909-1996) has a brief but notable career in the 1930s and 1940s, when she was amongst the most promising actresses of her day. She appeared frequently at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, and at the Westminster Theatre, and acted opposite Laurence Olivier at the Old Vic, where she played Ophelia to his Hamlet in 1937.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.37-1998

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Record created	October 7, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1174166/cherry-cottrell-as-ophelia-oil-painting-gabain-ethel/

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