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Ruddigore

Costume Design
1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Anderson, Percy (costume designers)
Place of origin
London (made)

Costume design by Percy Anderson for an Ancestor in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Ruddigore, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1920.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Opera
Designs
Object type
Costume design
TitleRuddigore (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil
Watercolour
Pencil
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description
Costume design by Percy Anderson for an Ancestor in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Ruddigore, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1920
Physical description
Costume design by Percy Anderson for an Ancestor in Ruddigore. Watercolour drawing of a man in Charles II costume. He wears a full black wig, a lilac waistcoat over a white shirt with a ruffled front and sleeves, with lilac petticoat breeches, white stockings and lilac shoes with purple bows, In his left hand he holds a wide brimmed grey hat, the brim covered with lilac plumes. To right, a pencil and watercolour drawing of the hat, with pencil annotations. Originally numbered 9, upper left hand corner, changed to No. 27.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.3cm
  • Width: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 9' (Inscribed in watercolour, crossed out in pencil, upper left hand corner.)
  • 'No. 27 / SKETCH 27' (Inscribed in pencil, upper left hand corner.)
  • 'Mr Hinton [crossed out] / Tilton' (Inscribed in pencil, upper right hand corner.)
  • 'Moustache / to curl' (Inscribed in pencil, lower left hand corner.)
Summary
Costume design by Percy Anderson for an Ancestor in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera Ruddigore, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1920.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.211-1977

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Record createdApril 20, 2018
Record URL
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