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H Beard Print Collection

Print
16th May 1903 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Set design for the 'Hall of the Gibichungs' in Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung. In the corners of the main illustration are four small scenes from Götterdämmerung including a scene from the Prelude with Siegried and Brünnhilde at the Valkyries Rock, Siegfried landing with the horse Grani in Act I, the river bank before the Hall of the Gibichungs in Act II and the Rhine Maidens in Act III. An illustrated article on 'The Utilisation of Wave Power' is printed on the reverse. Published in The Illustrated London News.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
print, ink on paper
Brief description
Set design for the 'Hall of the Gibichungs' in Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung. Published in The Illustrated London News dated 16th May 1903, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Painted illustration, re-produced and printed in The Illustrated London News.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 39.8cm
  • Print size width: 26.3cm
Literary references
  • Göetterdaemmerung
  • The Ring
Summary
Set design for the 'Hall of the Gibichungs' in Wagner's opera Götterdämmerung. In the corners of the main illustration are four small scenes from Götterdämmerung including a scene from the Prelude with Siegried and Brünnhilde at the Valkyries Rock, Siegfried landing with the horse Grani in Act I, the river bank before the Hall of the Gibichungs in Act II and the Rhine Maidens in Act III. An illustrated article on 'The Utilisation of Wave Power' is printed on the reverse. Published in The Illustrated London News.
Other number
F.129-44a - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.4863-2009

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Record createdOctober 15, 2009
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