H Beard Print Collection
Print
31st January 1914 (published)
31st January 1914 (published)
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Illustration of the rolling set used in the opera Parsifal as performed for the first time in England at Covent Garden in February 1914. The rolling scenery was designed and painted by Mr Joseph Harker. The scenery; painted on canvas and mounted on rollers to enable it to continually move with the music, stretched an eighth of a mile and was used to represent the journey through the mountains to the castle of Monsalvat. Two illustrated articles are printed on the reverse. Published in an illustrated review.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | print, ink on paper |
| Brief description | Illustration of the rolling set used in the opera Parsifal as performed for the first time in England at Covent Garden in February 1914. Published in an illustrated review dated 31st January 1914, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Drawing and photographs reproduced for an article illustrating the rolling set used in the opera Parsifal as performed for the first time in England at Covent Garden. |
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| Literary reference | Parsifal |
| Summary | Illustration of the rolling set used in the opera Parsifal as performed for the first time in England at Covent Garden in February 1914. The rolling scenery was designed and painted by Mr Joseph Harker. The scenery; painted on canvas and mounted on rollers to enable it to continually move with the music, stretched an eighth of a mile and was used to represent the journey through the mountains to the castle of Monsalvat. Two illustrated articles are printed on the reverse. Published in an illustrated review. |
| Other number | F.129-60 - H Beard collection numbering |
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| Accession number | S.4877-2009 |
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| Record created | October 16, 2009 |
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