Costume Design
late 19th century (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Full length male devil, the grotesque bald head with ram's horns, pointed ears, angled eyebrows and, to either side of the chin, a tuft of whiskers, wearing a full length green cloak, lined yellow and held on the right shoulder by a red brooch, over a pink assymetric tunic with a gold belt around the waist; up the left forearm is a coiled snake bracelet and on the right upheld arm is a gold bracelet with drop white and red stones; the right hand holds a female mask. The left leg is in the form of a goat leg with cloven hoof and on the right leg is worn a cross-gartered sandal. Pencil, watercolour and gold paint on paper.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, watercolour and gold paint on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by unknown artist for a male Devil in an unidentified production late 19th century. |
| Physical description | Full length male devil, the grotesque bald head with ram's horns, pointed ears, angled eyebrows and, to either side of the chin, a tuft of whiskers, wearing a full length green cloak, lined yellow and held on the right shoulder by a red brooch, over a pink assymetric tunic with a gold belt around the waist; up the left forearm is a coiled snake bracelet and on the right upheld arm is a gold bracelet with drop white and red stones; the right hand holds a female mask. The left leg is in the form of a goat leg with cloven hoof and on the right leg is worn a cross-gartered sandal. Pencil, watercolour and gold paint on paper. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| Object history | The design has similarities of style and subject with a number of designs in the Beaumont collection, although whether from the same production, by the same artist, or merely in the same style is impossible to determine. The group are: S.298-2000; S.299-2000; S.300-2000; S.301-2000; S.302-2000; S.303-2000; S.355-2001. The design came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest and was probably acquired by him as possible illustration for his various publications on ballet design. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.299-2000 |
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| Record created | December 28, 2000 |
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