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Drury Lane Design Collection

Costume Design
ca. 1911 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in part one, scene two of Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDrury Lane Design Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
pencil, watercolour paper pasted to on board
Brief description
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in Hop O' My Thumb. The Woodcutter wears a light brown skirt and white smock under a shorter blue skirt and matching cropped jacket. She wears a beige apron with blue and brown detailing, white socks or tights brown shoes and a thigh length red head scarf. She carries a large terracotta coloured pot or jug on her right shoulder.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 15.5cm
  • Total including mount height: 36.8cm
  • Total including mount width: 26.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Literary referenceHop O' My Thumb
Summary
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter Woman in part one, scene two of Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Other number
Hop O' My Thumb file
Collection
Accession number
S.2134-2010

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
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