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The Mikado

Costume Design
after 1926 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Copy of costume design by Charles Ricketts for Pooh-Bah in The Mikado.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Mikado (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour over pencil on paper
Brief description
Copy of costume design by Charles Ricketts for Pooh-Bah in The Mikado
Physical description
Copy of costume design by Charles Ricketts for Pooh-Bah in The Mikado. Full length male figure in Japanese costume, three quarter view, turned to face viewer's left, his wide sleeves decorated with a pattern of open fans. He holds a red fan and a sword in his right hand. Annotated with details of fabric and colour.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.8cm (approximately)
  • Width: 31.9cm (approximately)
Credit line
Given by Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte.
The V&A wishes to acknowledge the generous support given by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, which facilitated the cataloguing of the D’Oyly Carte Archive designs in 2015/16.
Summary
Copy of costume design by Charles Ricketts for Pooh-Bah in The Mikado.
Collection
Accession number
S.2431-2015

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Record createdMarch 23, 2016
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