The Mikado
Costume Design
after 1926 (designed)
after 1926 (designed)
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Copy of costume design by Charles Ricketts for Pooh-Bah in The Mikado.
Object details
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| Title | The 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | S.2431-2015 |
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| Record created | March 23, 2016 |
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