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The Great Ruby

Photograph
1898 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph of set for Act IV Scene 5 from a production of The Great Ruby, by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, photograph by E. Gordon, Drury Lane Theatre, 1898.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Great Ruby (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print on mounted on card
Brief description
Photograph of set for Act IV Scene 5 from a production of The Great Ruby, by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, photograph by E. Gordon, Drury Lane Theatre, 1898
Physical description
Photograph of set for Act IV Scene 5 from a production of The Great Ruby, by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, photograph by E. Gordon, Drury Lane Theatre, 1898. The photograph features an empty set depciting an interior courtyard.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.5cm
  • Width: 35cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Drury Lane Sep 15 1898 (On front side, written across top of mount in black ink)
  • "The Great Ruby" (On frost side, written across bottom of mount in black ink)
  • Act IV Scene 5 Military Tournament (On front side at bottom left corner, written in black ink)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Place depicted
Summary
Photograph of set for Act IV Scene 5 from a production of The Great Ruby, by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, photograph by E. Gordon, Drury Lane Theatre, 1898.
Collection
Accession number
S.3571-2015

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Record createdOctober 23, 2015
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