Design for a stage set for Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus at the Theatre Royal, London for Act I, scene 1, Arsinoe sleeping in a garden at night
1705 (made)
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This drawing is a design for a stage set depicting Arsinoe sleeping in a garden, for Act I Scene I of Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus performed at the Theatre Royal in 1705. Thornhill loosely suggested the composition in red chalk before going over in pen and ink, and enhacing the darker passages with wash.
Object details
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| Title | Design for a stage set for Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus at the Theatre Royal, London for Act I, scene 1, Arsinoe sleeping in a garden at night (generic title) |
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| Brief description | Drawing, Design for a stage set for Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus at the Theatre Royal, London by Sir James Thornhill, pen and ink and wash with traces of red chalk, c.1705 |
| Physical description | Drawing in pen and ink and wash. A stage set design for Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus, as produced at Theatre Royal, London, depicting Arsinoe sleeping in a garden at night. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Arsinoe sleeping Act. 1st Scene 1st by Moonlight |
| Object history | Provenance: purchased from W.J. Smith in 1891 This drawing came to the museum as part of an album containing drawings and engravings chiefly by Thornhill. The album was dismantled and the works remounted. |
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| Summary | This drawing is a design for a stage set depicting Arsinoe sleeping in a garden, for Act I Scene I of Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus performed at the Theatre Royal in 1705. Thornhill loosely suggested the composition in red chalk before going over in pen and ink, and enhacing the darker passages with wash. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985 |
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| Accession number | D.26-1891 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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