Madame Celeste as the Dumb Arab Boy

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Artist/Maker	Wellmer, Michael (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Drawing depicting Celine Celeste as the Arab Boy in a production of The French Spy. Signed and dated in ink 'Michael Wellmer. 1936' and inscribed 'Madame Celeste as the Dumb Arab Boy'.

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Categories	Theatre Drawings Portraits Disability
Object type	Portrait drawing
Title	Madame Celeste as the Dumb Arab Boy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Body colour, heightened with white Body Colour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Michael Wellmer. Celine Celeste as the Arab Boy in a production of The French Spy. 1936
Physical description	Drawing depicting Celine Celeste as the Arab Boy in a production of The French Spy. Signed and dated in ink 'Michael Wellmer. 1936' and inscribed 'Madame Celeste as the Dumb Arab Boy'.
Dimensions	Height: 33.97cm Width: 16.51cm Taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO 1963
Marks and inscriptions	'Michael Wellmer. 1936' (Signed and dated in ink) 'Madame Celeste as the Dumb Arab Boy' (Inscribed)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Sir Edward Marsh through Art Fund
Subject depicted	Theatre Design
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.626-1953

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O590802/madame-celeste-as-the-dumb-portrait-drawing-wellmer-michael/

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