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Drawing

1925-27 (made)
Artist/Maker
R. Boyd Morrison (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Watercolour costume design for Grania in 'Thompson in Tir-na-n'Og', performed by the Ulster Players and published in Robes of Thespis as plate XLIII.


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Paper
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing by R. Boyd Morrison, costume design for Grania in Gerald Macnamara's 'Thompson in Tir-na-n'Og' by the Ulster Players, published in Robes of Thespis as plate XLIII, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1925-27
Physical description
Watercolour costume design for Grania in 'Thompson in Tir-na-n'Og', performed by the Ulster Players and published in Robes of Thespis as plate XLIII.
Dimensions
  • Height: 48.6cm
  • Width: 30.5cm (Note: 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
'Boyd Morrison 1925-26-27' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Rupert Mason
Subjects depicted
Theatre Costume
Costume Design
Associations
MacNamara, Gerald
Belfast
Literary reference'Thompson in Tir-na-n'-Og' by Gerald Macnamara
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.610-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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