Interior of the Old Vic
Painting
1938 (painted)
1938 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Painted from the back of the dress circle looking towards the stage, view framed by two supporting pillars and the fringed edge to the balcony top. Light rays from either side directed at stage, batten of seven lights hanging in front of the proscenium arch. On stage right a column and base, interdeterminate urban scene framed by quantities of dark red drapery. Overall pinkish tonality.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Interior of the Old Vic |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, Interior of the Old Vic, painted by Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel, 1938 |
| Physical description | Painted from the back of the dress circle looking towards the stage, view framed by two supporting pillars and the fringed edge to the balcony top. Light rays from either side directed at stage, batten of seven lights hanging in front of the proscenium arch. On stage right a column and base, interdeterminate urban scene framed by quantities of dark red drapery. Overall pinkish tonality. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | This painting was presented to the British Theatre Museum Association by Cecil Madden in January 1963. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026 |
| Other number | 1963/W/3 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.85-1986 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2007 |
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