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Emile Littler Archive

Costume Design
1915 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Village Girl in The Miller's Daughters at Prince's Theatre, Manchester, December 1915 & Stoll Theatre, London, May 15th 1916, Emile Littler Archive.

This production of The Miller's Daughters was a musical play in three acts, written and composed by Paul A. Rubens, additional numbers by Percy Greenbank. Revised version of on 10 May 1902 at Apollo Theatre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEmile Littler Archive (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on millboard with annotations in pencil
Brief description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Village Girl in The Miller's Daughters at Prince's Theatre, Manchester, December 1915 & Stoll Theatre, London, May 15th 1916, Emile Littler Archive.
Physical description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Village Girl in The Miller's Daughters at Prince's Theatre, Manchester, December 1915 & Stoll Theatre, London, May 1916. Female figure in white and lilac outfit with a raffia summer hat with navy blue band tied in large bow at the front of the neck. Dated and signed. Drawn on millboard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.5cm
  • Width: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1. [illegible] Small Part' (Inscribed in pencil on upper left hand corner.)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler
Literary referenceThe Miller's Daughters
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a Village Girl in The Miller's Daughters at Prince's Theatre, Manchester, December 1915 & Stoll Theatre, London, May 15th 1916, Emile Littler Archive.

This production of The Miller's Daughters was a musical play in three acts, written and composed by Paul A. Rubens, additional numbers by Percy Greenbank. Revised version of on 10 May 1902 at Apollo Theatre.
Associated object
THM/144 (Series)
Other numbers
  • Miller's Daughters File
  • THM/144 - Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.2423-2010

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Record createdOctober 11, 2010
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