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Costume design

Print
1934 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Cathleen Mann (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Portrait format drawing depicting a design for a poor dress, for the Character of Mabubah, int he film "Chu Chin Chow".

Object details

Categories
Theatre
Clothing
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Print
TitleCostume design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Drawing, watercolour on paper
Paper
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Costume design, drawn by Cathleen Mann, Marchioness of Queensberry, for the film "Chu Chin Chow", produced by the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation, Ltd, Great Britain, 1934.
Physical description
Portrait format drawing depicting a design for a poor dress, for the Character of Mabubah, int he film "Chu Chin Chow".
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.125in
  • Width: 8in
The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Marks and inscriptions
Cathleen Mann (Signed)
Credit line
Given by the Artist.
Subjects depicted
Dress
Costume Design
Association
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
  • The following excerpts are from 'China and the West' by Yang Hon-Lun and Michael Saffle: 'Between 1916 and 1921, Chu Chin Chow ran for 2,235 performances in London and several hundred more in New York. That show’s West End run broke the London record of 1,075 performances, set by A Chinese Honeymoon in 1901–4.' 'Despite its title, Chu Chin Chow is almost entirely about imagined Arabs. Before act 1 even begins, the show’s eponymous “merchant mandarin” is murdered by the evil Abu Hasan, who then takes the merchant’s place. Faux Chinese music accompanies Hasan’s entrance in Chinese disguise, but the rest of the show, which recasts the familiar adventures of Aladdin, is outfitted with a score dimly reminiscent of Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov'.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2254-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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