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Cecil Beaton costume design

Costume Design
1962 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Cecil Beaton for the character Lady Teazle in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962.

Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was best known as a photographer. Beaton also worked as an illustrator, a diarist, and designer for stage and film. He won three Oscars for costume and art direction for the film version of My Fair Lady (1965) and for Gigi (1958).

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCecil Beaton costume design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink and pencil on paper
Brief description
Costume design by Cecil Beaton for the character Lady Teazle in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962
Physical description
Pen on paper costume design by Cecil Beaton with pencil annotation. The costume is for the character Lady Teazle in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962. The design shows a blue ink drawing of a woman in a voluminous, low-cut eighteenth century style dress and a large hat.
Dimensions
  • Tallest edge height: 20cm
  • Width: 16.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • [Pavilion?] Lady Teazle. [Green?] & white. (On front side in pencil)
  • The School for Scandal Comedie Francaise 1962 (On reverse side in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the executors of Eileen Hose
Summary
Costume design by Cecil Beaton for the character Lady Teazle in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962.

Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was best known as a photographer. Beaton also worked as an illustrator, a diarist, and designer for stage and film. He won three Oscars for costume and art direction for the film version of My Fair Lady (1965) and for Gigi (1958).

Collection
Accession number
S.2155-2014

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Record createdOctober 21, 2014
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