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Sketchbook

1907 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a costume for a performance of Tom Jones, produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, April 17, 1907. In a volume containing various designs for stage costumes.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen, or pen and watercolour
Brief description
Drawing by William John Charles Pitcher, design for a costume for a performance of Tom Jones, produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, April 17, 1907
Physical description
Design for a costume for a performance of Tom Jones, produced at the Apollo Theatre, London, April 17, 1907. In a volume containing various designs for stage costumes.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 22.5cm
  • Volume width: 17.6cm
  • Volume depth: 3.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by James Syme Henderson
Object history
This costume was designed for a performance of Edward German and Robert Coutneidge’s comic opera Tom Jones at the Apollo Theatre, London, on April 17, 1907. The show had previously been produced at the Prince’s Theatre, Manchester, on March 30, 1907.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic references
  • Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection
Accession number
E.1878-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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