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Artist/Maker	Sherriffs, Robert Stewart (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (printed)

Pen and ink caricature of an elongated figure of John Gielgud as Richard of Bordeaux in doublet and hose towering over a small figure of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Anne, wearing Elizabethan dress and wimple, looking up adoringly at Richard. Signed R. Sherriffs top right, to the left of three rows of leaves cascading down to the right of the figure of Anne.

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Category	Scotland
Object type	Drawing
Title	Illustrations (generic title)
Materials and techniques	pen and ink on paper Ink Paper Drawn
Brief description	Caricature of John Gielgud as Richard of Bordeaux and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Queen Anne in Richard of Bordeaux, New Theatre, 2 February 1933. Pen and ink by Robert Sherriffs (1906-1960) published in The Sketch, 1 March 1933
Physical description	Pen and ink caricature of an elongated figure of John Gielgud as Richard of Bordeaux in doublet and hose towering over a small figure of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Anne, wearing Elizabethan dress and wimple, looking up adoringly at Richard. Signed R. Sherriffs top right, to the left of three rows of leaves cascading down to the right of the figure of Anne.
Dimensions	Height: 56.3cm Width: 39.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	Gravure. Fac. Sim. Sketch Cover 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 B 1933 (In pencil in margins recto)
Subjects depicted	Gielgud, John (Sir) Ffrangcon-Davies, Gwen (Dame)
Associated objects	S.399-2001 (Object) S.393-2019 (Object)
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.2057-1986

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Record created	April 28, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O228796/illustrations-drawing-sherriffs-robert-stewart/

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