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Drawing

1946 (made)
Artist/Maker
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Design for the costume of an Edwardian lady in Les Sirènes.


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Designs
Theatre Costume
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Body-colour, chalks and pen and ink on tinted paper
Chalk
Ink
Body Colour
Brief description
Design for the costume of an Edwardian lady in Les Sirènes, first produced by the Sadler's Wells Ballet, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12 November 1946. Drawing on tinted paper by Cecil Beaton, 1946.
Physical description
Design for the costume of an Edwardian lady in Les Sirènes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 48cm
  • Width: 37cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cecil Beaton. Inscribed To Martin Battersby with many thanks CB' (Signed)
  • (Inscribed on the back and front with working notes.)
Credit line
Given by Mr. Martin Battersby
Object history
This is a design for the costume of an Edwardian lady in Les Sirènes, choreography by Frederick Ashton, music by Lord Berners, first produced by the Sadler's Wells Ballet, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 12 November 1946.
Subjects depicted
Costume
Ballet
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.404-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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