Costume Design
1920
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Framed and mounted pen, ink and watercolour costume design on paper for Peachum's first costume in The Beggar's Opera, Act 1. Showing a full-length, front view of Peachum wearing round steel-rimmed spectacles perched on the end of his nose; a black, tasselled beret and a floor-length robe with a blue lining, belted with a black sash with deep yellow fringe. The robe has long sleeves with wide black cuffs edged with yellow. He wears a high-collared shirt and black, buckled shoes with red heels.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Costume design by Claud Lovat Fraser (1890-1921) for Peachum's first costume, as worn by Frederic Austin in The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 5 June 1920. |
| Physical description | Framed and mounted pen, ink and watercolour costume design on paper for Peachum's first costume in The Beggar's Opera, Act 1. Showing a full-length, front view of Peachum wearing round steel-rimmed spectacles perched on the end of his nose; a black, tasselled beret and a floor-length robe with a blue lining, belted with a black sash with deep yellow fringe. The robe has long sleeves with wide black cuffs edged with yellow. He wears a high-collared shirt and black, buckled shoes with red heels. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Sir John Gielgud |
| Object history | Costume design for Mr Austin Fraser as Peachum in Act 1 of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, directed by Nigel Playfair at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, June 1920. |
| Production | Attribution note: Claud Lovat Fraser was trained to paint in oils at art school but preferred to work with reed and mapping pens, and watercolour. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Images of Show Business from the Theatrev Museum, V&A. Edited by James Fowler. Methuen, 1982. p.60. Article on Claud Lovat Fraser's design for Arthur Wynn as Lockit in the same production [Circ.312-1928]. |
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| Accession number | S.292-2001 |
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| Record created | April 17, 2001 |
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