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Emile Littler Archive

Costume Design
1925 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Comelli, Attilio (designer)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for an Egyptian Soldier in Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre, 1925.

Cleopatra is an operetta by Oscar Straus, originally written in German and entitled Die Perlen Der Cleopatra. This costume design is from the English adaptation by John Hastings Turner and Harry Graham, it premiered at Daly's Theatre in 1925.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Drawings
Paintings
Object type
Costume design
TitleEmile Littler Archive (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 an Egyptian Soldier in Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre, 1925. Emile Littler Archive.
Physical description
Costume design for an Egyptian Soldier in Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre. Male figure wearing a red, black, gold, blue and green outfit and holding a golden spear over one shoulder. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.9cm
  • Width: 27.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'ACT I' (Written in bottom left hand corner)
  • '4' (Written in top left hand corner)
  • '4 Egyptian SOLDIERS' (Written in bottom right hand corner)
  • 'Messrs Dale / " Kebbler / " Davies / " Price' (Written on reverse)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Emile Littler
Literary referenceCleopatra
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for an Egyptian Soldier in Cleopatra at Daly's Theatre, 1925.

Cleopatra is an operetta by Oscar Straus, originally written in German and entitled Die Perlen Der Cleopatra. This costume design is from the English adaptation by John Hastings Turner and Harry Graham, it premiered at Daly's Theatre in 1925.
Associated object
THM/144 (Series)
Other number
THM/144 - Archive number
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2899-2010

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Record createdNovember 9, 2010
Record URL
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