Hansel and Gretel
Drawing
1933 (made)
1933 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Skecthes possibly of a wood sprite in Hansel and Gretel shown from different angles
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hansel and Gretel (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour |
| Brief description | Costume design, in pencil and watercolour, by Arthur Rackham, possibly for a wood sprite in 'Hansel and Gretel'. 1933. |
| Physical description | Skecthes possibly of a wood sprite in Hansel and Gretel shown from different angles |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A Rackham (Signed in pencil) |
| Object history | Item Provenance: Provenance: Mrs Barbara Edwards, the artist's daughter Notes: Rackham was commissioned to design Basil Dean's production fo Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel at the Cambridge Theatre, London, Christmas 1933. He used sketches he had made in Denmark in 1931. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3003-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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