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'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene 5

Theatre Design
1896 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Distemper drawing for a cut-scene and back-cloth for 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene 5, produced by Irving at the Lyceum, September 22, 1896. 2 sheets. According to various pencil notes on the sheets, the scene was originally designed for Act V, Scene i, near the Roman Camp. On the back of one of the sheets is a landscape design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene 5 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Distemper drawing
Brief description
Distemper drawing by Hawes Craven for a theatrical production of 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene 5, near the cave. Great Britain, 1896.
Physical description
Distemper drawing for a cut-scene and back-cloth for 'Cymbeline', Act IV, Scene 5, produced by Irving at the Lyceum, September 22, 1896. 2 sheets. According to various pencil notes on the sheets, the scene was originally designed for Act V, Scene i, near the Roman Camp. On the back of one of the sheets is a landscape design.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15in
  • Width: 22.25in
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Given by R. C. McCleery, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.2205-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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