Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Painting
ca. 1907 (made)
ca. 1907 (made)
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Oil portrait of Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta, three-quarter length, her body turned to viewer's left, her head turned to viewer's right. Black background. She wears an orange Grecian-style dress with yellow/gold decoration on the bodice, a gold headdress and gold drop earrings. Her arms are by her sides and her hands are clenched.
Object details
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| Title | Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in <i>Oedipus Rex</i> by Sophocles (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Painting entitled "Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles", Harold Speed, 1913 |
| Physical description | Oil portrait of Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta, three-quarter length, her body turned to viewer's left, her head turned to viewer's right. Black background. She wears an orange Grecian-style dress with yellow/gold decoration on the bodice, a gold headdress and gold drop earrings. Her arms are by her sides and her hands are clenched. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in April 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 | 1966/A/205 - BTMA accession number |
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| Accession number | S.89-1986 |
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| Record created | November 6, 2003 |
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