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The Gondoliers

Working Costume Design
1929 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Working costume design by Charles Ricketts for Marco from The Gondoliers, Savoy Theatre, 1929.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Gondoliers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured watercolour and bodycolour over photographic copy on paper and cloth
Brief description
Working costume design by Charles Ricketts for Marco from The Gondoliers, Savoy Theatre, 1929
Physical description
Hand-coloured watercolour and bodycolour over photo-chemical copy on paper. The design features Marco wearing a green striped shirt, brown waistcoat, white breeches and green stockings along with a white and green hat. There are two fabric swatches attached at the top left corner in brown and dark blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36cm
  • Width: 20cm
Credit line
Given by Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte.
The V&A wishes to acknowledge the generous support given by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, which facilitated the cataloguing of the D’Oyly Carte Archive designs in 2015/16.
Summary
Working costume design by Charles Ricketts for Marco from The Gondoliers, Savoy Theatre, 1929.
Collection
Accession number
S.2306-2015

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Record createdJanuary 20, 2016
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