Illustration
1919
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Illustration showing the lonely castle of Queen Thamar on the precipitous heights of the Dariel Gorge, through which pour the stormy waters of the River Teck.Surrounded by a border of cresent moons with the title TAMAR [sic] and signed by the artist, Ethelbert White, with his initials EW at the bottom
The Ballet Thamar was created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Mikhail Fokine, music by Mily Balakirev and designs by Léon Bakst and first performed by the Ballets Russes on 20 May 1912 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. It was first performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 12 June 1912 at the Royal Opera House. It was performed at the end of the post War London Coliseum on 13 March 1919 when Lubov Tchernicheva took the title role as the Queen of Georgia and Leonide Massine was the stranger Prince. Tamara Karsavina returned to the title role she had created at the Alhambra Theatre in July 1919.
This is the cover illustration for Impressions of the Russian Ballet Thamar written by Cyril W Beaumont and decorated by Ethelbert White where it appearsprinted a fraction smaller in chocolate brown on a light brown board see GV1790T.52.
The Ballet Thamar was created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Mikhail Fokine, music by Mily Balakirev and designs by Léon Bakst and first performed by the Ballets Russes on 20 May 1912 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. It was first performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 12 June 1912 at the Royal Opera House. It was performed at the end of the post War London Coliseum on 13 March 1919 when Lubov Tchernicheva took the title role as the Queen of Georgia and Leonide Massine was the stranger Prince. Tamara Karsavina returned to the title role she had created at the Alhambra Theatre in July 1919.
This is the cover illustration for Impressions of the Russian Ballet Thamar written by Cyril W Beaumont and decorated by Ethelbert White where it appearsprinted a fraction smaller in chocolate brown on a light brown board see GV1790T.52.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and black ink on tracing paper |
| Brief description | Designn by Ethelbert White for the cover of Impressions of the Russian Ballet 1919 |
| Physical description | Illustration showing the lonely castle of Queen Thamar on the precipitous heights of the Dariel Gorge, through which pour the stormy waters of the River Teck.Surrounded by a border of cresent moons with the title TAMAR [sic] and signed by the artist, Ethelbert White, with his initials EW at the bottom m |
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| Marks and inscriptions | TAMAR
E W (Title of the work (a variant spelling) inside the text it is always Thamar
Artists initials at base) |
| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Thamar by Lermontov |
| Summary | Illustration showing the lonely castle of Queen Thamar on the precipitous heights of the Dariel Gorge, through which pour the stormy waters of the River Teck.Surrounded by a border of cresent moons with the title TAMAR [sic] and signed by the artist, Ethelbert White, with his initials EW at the bottom The Ballet Thamar was created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with choreography by Mikhail Fokine, music by Mily Balakirev and designs by Léon Bakst and first performed by the Ballets Russes on 20 May 1912 at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris. It was first performed by the Ballets Russes in London on 12 June 1912 at the Royal Opera House. It was performed at the end of the post War London Coliseum on 13 March 1919 when Lubov Tchernicheva took the title role as the Queen of Georgia and Leonide Massine was the stranger Prince. Tamara Karsavina returned to the title role she had created at the Alhambra Theatre in July 1919. This is the cover illustration for Impressions of the Russian Ballet Thamar written by Cyril W Beaumont and decorated by Ethelbert White where it appearsprinted a fraction smaller in chocolate brown on a light brown board see GV1790T.52. |
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| Accession number | S.670-2014 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2014 |
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