The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

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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.

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Categories	Prints Labels & Packaging Entertainment & Leisure Music
Object type	Print
Title	The 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 type	Mass 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 created	April 8, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O222668/the-boy-with-the-thorn-print-morrisey/

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