Sir John Martin-Harvey as Sidney Carton and Nina de Silva as Mimi in The Only Way by Freeman Wills and Frederick Langbridge
Painting
1939 (painted)
1939 (painted)
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Oil painting of John Martin-Harvey and Nina de Silva, taking their curtain call at the end of The Tale of Two Cities. He wears a cream-coloured coat and brown boots, she wears a grey-blue dress. They stand in front of a red curtain, above which is the word, 'Farewell', in gold capital letters on a black proscenium arch. Signed. At the lower right hand corner are the dates 1899 and 1939, commemorating the first and last years in which Martin-Harvey appeared in the play.
Object details
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| Title | Sir John Martin-Harvey as Sidney Carton and Nina de Silva as Mimi in <i>The Only Way</i> by Freeman Wills and Frederick Langbridge (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on wood |
| Brief description | Painting entitled "Sir John Martin-Harvey as Sidney Carton and Nina de Silva as Mimi in The Only Way by Freeman Wills and Frederick Langbridge" by Charles Buchel, 1939 |
| Physical description | Oil painting of John Martin-Harvey and Nina de Silva, taking their curtain call at the end of The Tale of Two Cities. He wears a cream-coloured coat and brown boots, she wears a grey-blue dress. They stand in front of a red curtain, above which is the word, 'Farewell', in gold capital letters on a black proscenium arch. Signed. At the lower right hand corner are the dates 1899 and 1939, commemorating the first and last years in which Martin-Harvey appeared in the play. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Mrs Brooke-Booth in 1965. |
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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 | 1965/A/29 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1131-1986 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2003 |
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