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Stage Setting for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Painting
1901 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting showing an outdoor setting for Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of Twelfth Night. Terrace, with, at left, a flight of steps leading to a higher level. At foreground, right, is a garden seat. In the background, to each side, are trees and, between them, a view of the sea. Signed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleStage Setting for <i>Twelfth Night</i> by William Shakespeare (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on prepared paper
Brief description
Painting by Charles Buchel, Stage Setting for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, 1901
Physical description
Oil painting showing an outdoor setting for Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of Twelfth Night. Terrace, with, at left, a flight of steps leading to a higher level. At foreground, right, is a garden seat. In the background, to each side, are trees and, between them, a view of the sea. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Width: 40.6cm
Credit line
Given by the family of Harry R. Beard
Literary reference<i>Twelfth Night</i>
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Accession number
S.806-1991

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Record createdNovember 5, 2003
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