Ethel Irving as Lady Frederick Berolles in Lady Frederick by William Somerset Maugham
Painting
ca. 1907 (painted)
ca. 1907 (painted)
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Oil portrait of Ethel Irving as Lady Frederick Berolles, half length. Her body faces the viewer's left but her head is turned towards the viewer's right. She is dressed in turquoise and dark blue, with a wide band of lace at the neckline, the turquoise bodice decorated in gold. She has a maroon hat with a feather. She stands in an interior, painted in shades of beige with, to left, the upper part of a fireplace, on which is a two-branched gold candlestick.
Object details
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| Title | Ethel Irving as Lady Frederick Berolles in <i>Lady Frederick</i> by William Somerset Maugham (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Painting entitled "Ethel Irving as Lady Frederick Berolles in Lady Frederick by William Somerset Maugham ", Frederick Howard Michael, ca. 1907 |
| Physical description | Oil portrait of Ethel Irving as Lady Frederick Berolles, half length. Her body faces the viewer's left but her head is turned towards the viewer's right. She is dressed in turquoise and dark blue, with a wide band of lace at the neckline, the turquoise bodice decorated in gold. She has a maroon hat with a feather. She stands in an interior, painted in shades of beige with, to left, the upper part of a fireplace, on which is a two-branched gold candlestick. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Commissioned by W. Somerset Maughan and given to Ethel Irving in gratitude for her performance as Lady Frederick. Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Ethel Irving's niece, Mrs McQueen, in December 1964. |
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| 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 |
| Other number | 1964/G/103 - BTMA accession number |
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| Accession number | S.67-1988 |
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| Record created | November 6, 2003 |
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