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Costume Design

1886 (made)
Artist/Maker

Costume design by E.W. Godwin for Priam in Helena in Troas, 1886


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Costume design by E.W. Godwin for Priam in Helena in Troas, 1886
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Priam' (Textual information. Upper right hand corner.)
  • 'white / gold / chain of / Dionysus' (Textual information. Right hand side of sketch of headdress.)
  • 'black / + / gold stars' (Textual information. Beneath figure's right arm.)
  • 'White dress / + porphory / mantle / bare arms / pattern / [...]' (Textual information. Right hand side of figure.)
  • 'ivory' (Textual information. Lower right hand side of figure.)
Object history
Associated production: Helena in Troas. Designer: E.W. Godwin. Actor: Hermann Vezin. Hengler's Circus / Palladium, London, 17.5.1886. Performance category: Drama. Hermann Vezin played the role of Priam in this production.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.152-1998

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
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