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Noël Coward as Paul, the Duc de Chaucigny-Varennes

Photograph
1934 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Horst (photographers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

Photographic portrait of Noël Coward as Paul, the Duc de Chaucigny-Varennes in Conversation Piece by Horst P. Horst, 1934.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleNoël Coward as Paul, the Duc de Chaucigny-Varennes (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print
Photographic Paper
Photographic Gelatin
Photography
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Photographic portrait of Noël Coward as Paul, the Duc de Chaucigny-Varennes in Conversation Piece by Horst P. Horst, 1934
Physical description
Photographic portrait of Noël Coward as Paul, the Duc de Chaucigny-Varennes in Conversation Piece by Horst P. Horst, 1934. He is dressed in a dark-coloured double-breasted moiré jacket, a light-coloured waistcoat, shirt, large light-coloured bowtie, gloves, and lorgnette.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34cm
  • Width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Noël Coward / 1936' (Written in ink on the photograph. The date probably represents the reprinting date.)
  • 'Horst' (Written in red wax pencil on the front.)
  • 'Vogue / Studio / Paris' (Embossed on the mount.)
  • 'Reproduction Interdite / Les Editions Condé Nast' (Stamped on the back.)
  • 'Noel Coward / as / Paul, Duc de Chaucigny- / Varennes / in / CONVERSATION PIECE / His Majesty's 16 ii 1934' (Written in pencil on the back.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Subject depicted
Coward, Noël Sir
Summary
Photographic portrait of Noël Coward as Paul, the Duc de Chaucigny-Varennes in Conversation Piece by Horst P. Horst, 1934.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1568-2015

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Record createdAugust 4, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1318486/noël-coward-as-paul-the-photograph-horst/
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