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Vesta Victoria on the stage at the Old Bedford

Drawing
1890s (made)
Artist/Maker
Sickert, Walter Richard (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Sketch of Vesta Victoria on the stage at the Old Bedford, Camden Town, London. Drawing in pencil, blue chalk, watercolour and gouache on buff paper by Walter Sickert, R.A. Signed in ink 'Walter Richard Sickert' and inscribed 'To Miss Helen Saunders / The Bedford in the nineties.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleVesta Victoria on the stage at the Old Bedford (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Drawing in pencil, blue chalk, watercolour and gouache on buff paper.
Pencil
Blue Chalk
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, 'Vesta Victoria on the stage at the Old Bedford, Camden Town, London'. Sketch in pencil, blue chalk, watercolour and gouache on buff paper by Walter Sickert, R.A. Signed in ink 'Walter Richard Sickert' and inscribed 'To Miss Helen Saunders / The Bedford in the nineties.
Physical description
Sketch of Vesta Victoria on the stage at the Old Bedford, Camden Town, London. Drawing in pencil, blue chalk, watercolour and gouache on buff paper by Walter Sickert, R.A. Signed in ink 'Walter Richard Sickert' and inscribed 'To Miss Helen Saunders / The Bedford in the nineties.
Dimensions
  • Height: 206mm
  • Width: 116mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Walter Richard Sickert' (Signed)
  • 'To Miss Helen Saunders / The Bedford in the nineties' (Inscribed)
Object history
The singer Vesta Victoria first performed at the Bedford Music Hall in March 1890. The Old Bedford Music Hall in Camden Town was burnt down in 1899 and subsequently rebuilt as the New Bedford.
Subject depicted
Victoria, Vesta (Miss)
Place depicted
Bedford Music Hall
Association
Saunders, Helen
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 London: HMSO, 1967
  • Wendy Baron, Sickert: Paintings and Drawings, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006, no. 55.6 (pp. 186-187).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2477-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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