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The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

Print
1985 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Rough Trade (issuer)
Morrisey (designer)
Beaton, Cecil (Sir) (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

CD sleeve showing a sepia image of a figure jumping with arms in the air and brown and orange text on a blue background.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Labels & Packaging
Entertainment & Leisure
Music
Object type
Print
TitleThe Boy With The Thorn In His Side (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Printing Ink
Paper
Colour Offset Lithography
Brief description
Compact disc sleeve for 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' by The Smiths. Issued by Rough Trade Records Ltd., Great Britain, 1985.
Physical description
CD sleeve showing a sepia image of a figure jumping with arms in the air and brown and orange text on a blue background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Width: 29.1cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
The Smiths - "The Boy with the Thorn in his Side" The Smiths Rough Trade. The Smiths. The Boy with the Thorn in his Side. Morrissey - Voice, Johnny Marr - Guitars, Piano, Andy Rourke - The Bass Guitar, Mike Joyce - The Drums. Produced by Morrissey and Marr. Engineered by Stephen Street. Words by Morrissey. Music by Johnny Marr. Orchestration by the Smiths. Sleeve by Morrissey. Art Co-ordination by Jo Slee. Layout by Caryn Gough, Special thanks to Grant Showbiz, Recorded in Manchester August 1985. Cover star - TRUMAN. Cecil Beaton photograph courtesy of Sotheby's London. Rubber Ring Asleep. Rough Trade Records Ltd. 61-71 Collier street, London, N1.
Object history
The image used on the sleeve is a photograph of Truman Capote jumping, taken by Cecil Beaton.
Production
The photographic image used on the sleeve is by Cecil Beaton and is entitled 'Truman'.
Subjects depicted
Photograph
Man
Capote, Truman
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.744-1997

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O222668/the-boy-with-the-thorn-print-morrisey/
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