Costume design by Ralph Adron for Corbaccio in Volpone
Costume Design
1960 (made)
1960 (made)
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Costume design by Ralph Adron for Corbaccio in Volpone, created for a project at Slade School of Fine Art, 1960
Artist and designer Ralph Adron (born 1937) studied theatre design, first at Croydon College of Art with designer Frederick Crooke and then at the Slade School of Fine Art with Peter Snow and Nicholas Georgiadis. His designs for Volpone were created for a project at the Slade.
Artist and designer Ralph Adron (born 1937) studied theatre design, first at Croydon College of Art with designer Frederick Crooke and then at the Slade School of Fine Art with Peter Snow and Nicholas Georgiadis. His designs for Volpone were created for a project at the Slade.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design by Ralph Adron for Corbaccio in <i>Volpone</i> (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour, gouache and gold foil on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Ralph Adron for Corbaccio in Volpone, created for a project at Slade School of Fine Art, 1960 |
| Physical description | Costume design for Corbaccio. Full length elderly androgynous figure leaning on two walking sticks, and wearing a black Elizabethan style full length robe with 'farthingale' skirt, the puff sleeves, neck and front decorated with 'pearls'; a ruff, a plumed hat with 'pearl' decoration and a pendant with a gold foil star. Signed and dated. On the reverse is a second design for the character, a more masculine figure with a long grey beard, dressed in a black calf length robe. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Philip Clement Gibbons |
| Literary reference | Volpone |
| Summary | Costume design by Ralph Adron for Corbaccio in Volpone, created for a project at Slade School of Fine Art, 1960 Artist and designer Ralph Adron (born 1937) studied theatre design, first at Croydon College of Art with designer Frederick Crooke and then at the Slade School of Fine Art with Peter Snow and Nicholas Georgiadis. His designs for Volpone were created for a project at the Slade. |
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| Accession number | S.3024-2013 |
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| Record created | July 10, 2013 |
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