Theatre Design

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Artist/Maker	Forbes-Robertson (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

One of two designs for the costumes of Iago in Shakespeare's 'Othello'. Drawing by Eric Forbes-Robertson in pen and ink, watercolour and body colour over pencil. Specimens of fabrics attached. Signed 'Le Celte' and inscribed with notes and '2nd Dress Iago. Mr Herbert Waring'. Numbered '4'.

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Categories	Drawings Theatre Shakespeare Scotland
Object type	Theatre design
Materials and techniques	Drawing in pen and ink, watercolour and body colour over pencil Pen and Ink and Watercolour Body Colour Pencil Drawing
Brief description	One of two designs for the costumes of Iago in Shakespeare's 'Othello'. Drawing by Eric Forbes-Robertson in pen and ink, watercolour and body colour over pencil. Specimens of fabrics attached. Signed 'Le Celte' and inscribed with notes and '2nd Dress Iago. Mr Herbert Waring'. Numbered '4'.
Physical description	One of two designs for the costumes of Iago in Shakespeare's 'Othello'. Drawing by Eric Forbes-Robertson in pen and ink, watercolour and body colour over pencil. Specimens of fabrics attached. Signed 'Le Celte' and inscribed with notes and '2nd Dress Iago. Mr Herbert Waring'. Numbered '4'.
Dimensions	Length: 29.4cm Height: 16cm Taken from 'Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966' published by HMSO 1967
Marks and inscriptions	'Le Celte' (Signed) '2nd Dress Iago. Mr. Herbert Waring' (Inscribed with notes and) '4' (Numbered)
Subjects depicted	Costume Iago
Literary reference	Shakespeare's Othello
Associated object	E.994-1966
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.995-1966

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O695300/theatre-design-forbes-robertson/

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