Costume Design

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Artist/Maker	Anderson, Percy (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Design for a costume.

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Categories	Theatre Designs Shakespeare Drawings
Object type	Costume design
Materials and techniques	Watercolour drawing Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Design (one of six), by Percy Anderson, for the costumes of Gertrude Elliott (Lady Forbes-Robertson) as Ophelia and Portia in unidentified productions of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' and 'The Merchant of Venice', probably on tour, ca.1906.
Physical description	Design for a costume.
Dimensions	The drawings in this set are described as being of various sizes in the accession record.
Credit line	Given by Mrs. F. G. Miles
Subject depicted	Costume
Associated objects	E.805-1910 (Set) E.807-1910 (Set) E.808-1910 (Set) E.809-1910 (Set) E.810-1910 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.806-1952

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O593086/costume-design-anderson-percy/

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