Spirit of Music

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Artist/Maker	Craig, Edward Gordon (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Design for masque costume. On the back of the mount are detail sketches of the costume.

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Categories	Drawings Designs Theatre Music
Object type	Drawing
Title	Spirit of Music (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and gold Ink Drawing
Brief description	'Spirit of Music'. Design for a masque costume. Pen and ink drawing by Edward Gordon Craig, 1902.
Physical description	Design for masque costume. On the back of the mount are detail sketches of the costume.
Dimensions	Height: 26.7cm Width: 21.6cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions	'Gordon Craig 1902' (Signed in ink and dated) (Inscribed with title)
Credit line	Given by Mr James Laver CBE
Subjects depicted	Costume Masque
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.952-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568280/spirit-of-music-drawing-craig-edward-gordon/

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