Design for costume in 'The Old Women'

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Artist/Maker	William Conor (artist)
Place of origin	Belfast (made)

Coloured chalk drawing depicting costume design for a play entitled 'The Old Women'.

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Categories	Theatre Designs Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Design for costume in 'The Old Women' (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Coloured chalk drawing Chalk Drawing
Brief description	Chalk design by William Conor for the costume in 'The Old Women', by Peter Maginnes, Belfast, ca. 1900-28
Physical description	Coloured chalk drawing depicting costume design for a play entitled 'The Old Women'.
Dimensions	Height: 7.75in Width: 7in Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Given by Mr Rupert Mason
Subjects depicted	Theatre Costume
Bibliographic references	Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983 Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929 Sheringham, George and R. Boyd Morrison for Rupert Mason. Robes of Thespis; costume designs by modern artists. London: E. Benn limited, 1928.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.636-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O757020/design-for-costume-in-the-drawing-william-conor/

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