Elsa Lanchester
Painting
1926 (painted)
1926 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Oil portrait of Elsa Lanchester, half length. Her body faces the viewer's right but her head is turned towards the viewer's left. Background in shades of brown, beige and cream. She is dressed in white, with a red flower decoration in her brown hair and is smiling. She holds her right hand to her breast. Signed and dated.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Elsa Lanchester (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Painting entitled "Elsa Lanchester" by Reginald Grenville Eves, 1926 |
| Physical description | Oil portrait of Elsa Lanchester, half length. Her body faces the viewer's right but her head is turned towards the viewer's left. Background in shades of brown, beige and cream. She is dressed in white, with a red flower decoration in her brown hair and is smiling. She holds her right hand to her breast. Signed and dated. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by the Trustees of the Grenville Eves Estate in March 1973. |
| Subject depicted | |
| 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 | 1973/A/47 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.97-1986 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2003 |
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