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Drawing

1926 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Reginald Brill (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (designed)

Design for a costume for David Garrick as Richard III, reproduced as plate 31 in Robes of Thespis.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Theatre
Designs
Books
Shakespeare
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Distemper on paper
Paper
Distemper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by Reginald Brill, design for a costume for David Garrick as Richard III, reproduced as plate 31 in Robes of Thespis, distemper on paper, Great Britain, 1926
Physical description
Design for a costume for David Garrick as Richard III, reproduced as plate 31 in Robes of Thespis.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.4cm
  • Width: 17.5cm
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
'Brill' (with fish) 1926' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Mr Rupert Mason
Subject depicted
Costume Design
Associations
William Shakespeare
David Garrick
Richard III
Literary reference'Richard III' by William Shakespeare
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.623-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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