Theatre Design
ca. 1951 (made)
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Design for a drop-curtain with a burning town in the distance. In the foreground are two knights, one approaching from the right on horseback. The drawing has been corrected on a separate sheet of paper attached to the original sheet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Drawing in Indian ink, gouache and coloured chalks |
| Brief description | Design by John Piper for a drop-curtain for a production of Monteverdi’s opera Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, produced by the English Opera Group at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1951. |
| Physical description | Design for a drop-curtain with a burning town in the distance. In the foreground are two knights, one approaching from the right on horseback. The drawing has been corrected on a separate sheet of paper attached to the original sheet. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963. |
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| Accession number | E.6-1952 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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