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Alice Delysia

Photograph
1956 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Wilding, Dorothy (photographers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

Photographic portrait of Alice Delysia as Alice Brevanne in At the Silver Swan by Dorothy Wilding, 1956.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleAlice Delysia (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print
Photographic Paper
Photographic Gelatin
Photography
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Photographic portrait of Alice Delysia as Alice Brevanne in At the Silver Swan by Dorothy Wilding, 1956
Physical description
Photographic portrait of Alice Delysia as Alice Brevanne in At the Silver Swan by Dorothy Wilding, 1956. Delysia is seated in costume wearing a dark-coloured moiré off-the-shoulder dress, opera gloves, and necklace, She is holding a fan.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Width: 21.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Alice Delysia / Dans une pieces oú / Londres / 1956 / "At the Silver Swan" Palace Theatre / as Alice Brevanne / 08788' (Written by different hands in pen and pencil on the reverse.)
  • 'Necklace given to her by her sister-in-law, a / relative J Rachel. Rachel was given the necklace / after a command performance at Windsor by / Queen Victoria. Ducal arms [?] and topaz drops.' (Written in pencil on the reverse.)
  • 'Please Acknowledge / Camera Portrait by / Dorothy Wilding, / 22, Old Bond Street, W.1.' (Stamped on the reverse.)
  • 'The world copyright of this / picture belongs to / Dorothy Wilding.' (Stamped on the reverse.)
Credit line
Given by John Devaut
Subject depicted
Delysia, Alice
Summary
Photographic portrait of Alice Delysia as Alice Brevanne in At the Silver Swan by Dorothy Wilding, 1956.
Associated objects
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1577-2015

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Record createdAugust 7, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1318925/alice-delysia-photograph-wilding-dorothy/
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