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Drury Lane Design Collection

Costume Design
c.1920 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Comelli, Attilio (designer)

Costume design by Comelli marked 'Urymen' (probably 'Jury Men'), the characters and production are not identified but it probably took place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in circa 1920.

Comelli (1858-1925) was the house designer of the Royal Opera House from the late 1880s to the early 1920s. During this period he also worked for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.

This design comes from a collection of costume designs (some of which are costumier's copies) which were originally part of the Archives of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Object details

Category
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Costume Design
TitleDrury Lane Design Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Paper
Watercolour on Paper
Pen
Painting
Painting
Brief description
Costume design by Comelli marked 'Urymen' (probably 'Jury Men'), the characters and production are not identified but it probably took place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in circa 1920. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design by Comelli marked 'Urymen' (probably 'Jury Men'), the characters and production are not identified but it probably took place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in circa 1920. It shows four head and shoulder watercolour sketches of men in a range of hats and overcoats. Each sketch offers a different colourway and hat style. The first is labelled 'E', that below 'F', then in the top right corner 'G' and that below 'H'. The design is not signed or dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36.2cm
  • Width: 26.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • E/Reynolds I/[illegible]/2./red tights (Handwritten annotation in pencil next to the design in the top left hand corner)
  • F/Clan I/Hermitage/2. (Handwritten annotation in pencil at the side of the design in the bottom left hand corner)
  • G/Clark 1/Buckle 2/*/2 (Handwritten annotation in pencil surrounding the design in the top right hand corner)
  • H/Thomas/1/dark red tights/red tights (Handwritten annotation in pencil surrounding the design in the bottom right hand corner)
  • URYMEN (Handwritten annotation in pencil in the bottom right hand corner. Possibly intended to read 'Jury Men')
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Place depicted
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Summary
Costume design by Comelli marked 'Urymen' (probably 'Jury Men'), the characters and production are not identified but it probably took place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in circa 1920.

Comelli (1858-1925) was the house designer of the Royal Opera House from the late 1880s to the early 1920s. During this period he also worked for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and also designed costumes from a number of Gilbert&Sullivan productions.

This design comes from a collection of costume designs (some of which are costumier's copies) which were originally part of the Archives of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2249-2010

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2010
Record URL
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