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Drury Lane Design Collection

Costume Design
ca. 1911 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter in part one, scene two of Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDrury Lane Design Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
pencil, watercolour paper pasted to on board
Brief description
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter in Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Physical description
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter in Hop O' My Thumb. The Woodcutter wears blue socks and blue-grey shoes, brown trousers with blue ribbons tied round the calf, yellow shirt and brown waistcoat. He wears a blue hat and carries an axe over his left shoulder and wears a ribbon tied round his right forearm.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 15.3cm
  • Total including mount height: 37.3cm
  • Total including mount width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Given by George Hoare, Archivist of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Literary referenceHop O' My Thumb
Summary
Costume design by Comelli for the role of a Woodcutter in part one, scene two of Hop O' My Thumb as performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September 1911. Drury Lane Design Collection.
Associated object
S.2144-2010 (Ensemble)
Other number
Hop O' My Thumb file
Collection
Accession number
S.2144-2010

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Record createdOctober 7, 2010
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