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Too True To Be Good

Costume Design
ca.1973 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design for George Bernard Shaw's play Too True To Be Good, Cambridge Theatre Company, unidentified designer, ca.1973. One of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook, assembled by costume maker Gerry Scott Sampson.







Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleToo True To Be Good (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Brief description
Costume design for George Bernard Shaw's play Too True To Be Good, Cambridge Theatre Company, unidentified designer, ca.1973, one of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook
Physical description
Costume design for George Bernard Shaw's play Too True To Be Good, Cambridge Theatre Company, unidentified designer, ca.1973. Outline drawing in ink showing a harlequin. Mounted in a spiral-bound artist's sketchbook.

Dimensions
  • Height: 25.2cm (design)
  • Width: 16.7cm (design)
  • Height: 60cm (sketchbook)
  • Width: 43cm (sketchbook)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Gerry Scott Sampson
Literary referenceToo True To Be Good
Summary
Costume design for George Bernard Shaw's play Too True To Be Good, Cambridge Theatre Company, unidentified designer, ca.1973. One of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook, assembled by costume maker Gerry Scott Sampson.





Collection
Accession number
S.207-1980

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Record createdJuly 3, 2014
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