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Backcloth of Coriolanus

Theatre Design
1901 (made)
Artist/Maker
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Watercolour design for the backcloth of Coriolanus, produced by Irving at the Lyceum Theatre


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Designs
Drawings
Paintings
Object type
Theatre design
TitleBackcloth of Coriolanus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour on distemper
Watercolour
Distemper
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, design for the backcloth of Coriolanus, produced by Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, 1901
Physical description
Watercolour design for the backcloth of Coriolanus, produced by Irving at the Lyceum Theatre
Dimensions
  • Height: 374mm
  • Width: 494mm
Dimensions from catalogue: 14.75 x 19.5 inches. Imperial landscape mount.
Credit line
Given by R. C. McCleery, Esq.
Association
Lyceum Theatre
Bibliographic references
  • Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985
  • 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.
  • p. 180 Elizabeth Prettejohn & Peter Trippi, eds. Lawrence Alma-Tadema : at home in antiquity Munich : Prestel, [2016] 9783791355528
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2182-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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