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Drury Lane Design Collection

Costume Design
1908 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the Male Populace in Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1908-09.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDrury Lane Design Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour
Brief description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the Male Populace in Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1908, Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design for the Male Populace in Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Female figure wearing male dress, a brown outfit with yellow hood and brown hat and a beige satchel over one shoulder. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.4cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '3 POPULACE' (Written in bottom right hand corner)
  • '3 Chorus Ladies / Miss Brodie / " Saunders / " Cranford' (Written on reverse)
  • 'Miss Burnhardt(?)' (Written in top left hand corner)
  • 'G.' (Written in top right hand corner)
  • (Part of a Roberson stamp visible on reverse)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Literary referenceDick Whittington
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for the Male Populace in Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 1908-09.
Collection
Accession number
S.1938-2010

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2010
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