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Drawing

early 20th century (designed)
Artist/Maker
Paul Shelving (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

Watercolour costume design for a Masker in Reginald Somerville's 'David Garrick' produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Paper
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by Paul Shelving, costume design for a Masker in Reginald Somerville's 'David Garrick', produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, included in 'Robes of Thespis' as plate LIV, watercolour, Great Britain, early 20th century
Physical description
Watercolour costume design for a Masker in Reginald Somerville's 'David Garrick' produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.4cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Dimensions taken from Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983.
Marks and inscriptions
'Paul Shelving' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Mr Rupert Mason
Object history
This costume was designed for a performance of Somerville's 'David Garrick' produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
Subjects depicted
Costume Design
Theatre Costume
Association
Birmingham
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 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
  • Sheringham, George and R. Boyd Morrison for Rupert Mason. Robes of Thespis; costume designs by modern artists. London: E. Benn limited, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.646-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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