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Catherine Wilkin as Hedda Gabler

Photograph
1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph depicting actor Catherine Wilkin in costume as Hedda Gabler.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCatherine Wilkin as Hedda Gabler (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Photograph by Michael Ward, 'Catherine Wilkin as Hedda Gabler', gelatin-silver print, Great Britain, 1990
Physical description
A black and white photograph depicting actor Catherine Wilkin in costume as Hedda Gabler.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 22cm
  • Image width: 32.3cm
  • Sheet height: 30.5cm
  • Sheet width: 40.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Marks and inscriptions
'Catherine Wilkin as Hedda Gabler - Downstage Theatre Company - New Zealan - at the Edinburgh Festival - used Sunday Times - 2-9-90. 5355 Film 1 fr 10.' (On the back is the photographer's label and a typed label lettered)
Object history
Michael Ward was a freelance and a Sunday Times staff photographer. He won the B.P. Arts Journalism Award in 1989 and in 1990 was nominated for the same award with this photograph. The photograph depicts actor Catherine Wilkin, in character as Hedda Gabler, at the Edinburgh Festival in 1990 and was used in the Sunday Times in September of the same year.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceHedda Gabler
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Accession number
E.1553-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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