Not on display

Diana of Dobson's

Photograph
1908 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photographic print with Nannie Bennett, Doris Lytton, Lena Ashwell, Christine Silver, Ada Palmer and Muriel Vox in Act I of a production of Diana of Dobson's, at Kingsway Theatre, 1908.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDiana of Dobson's (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photographic print on paper.
Brief description
Photographic print of Act I in a production of Diana of Dobson's, at Kingsway Theatre, 1908
Physical description
Photographic print with Nannie Bennett, Doris Lytton, Lena Ashwell, Christine Silver, Ada Palmer and Muriel Vox in Act I of a production of Diana of Dobson's, at Kingsway Theatre, 1908. The photograph features a scene in a boarding school, a line of five beds are positioned against the back wall and five of the six women in the scene are sitting in the beds. The women in the beds are looking upwards to the final female figure, Ada Palmer, who is standing in front of the doorway to the room. She is shown in profile, looking downwards towards the women who are sitting to her right. The photograph is mounted on cream paper and the logo of the photographic studio is printed in gold ink at the centre top of the mount.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14cm (approximate) (Note: Not including mount)
  • Width: 19.2cm (approximate) (Note: Not including mount)
Credit line
Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history
Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by J. Hubert Dingwall, December 1971.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceDiana of Dobson's
Summary
Photographic print with Nannie Bennett, Doris Lytton, Lena Ashwell, Christine Silver, Ada Palmer and Muriel Vox in Act I of a production of Diana of Dobson's, at Kingsway Theatre, 1908.
Other number
1971/A/125 - BTMA accession number
Collection
Accession number
S.3895-2015

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Record createdDecember 9, 2015
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