Artwork
1910
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Oil on canvas artwork for a poster featuring a central image of the actor Seymour Hicks as Richard III wearing armour and red and blue tabard, a sword in his right hand, standing on the battlefield above two dead soldiers. At the top of the poster, above an armorial shield which is topped with a crown and flanked by two boars, is painted in black lettering SEYMOUR HICKS AS KING RICHARD III. Below the image of King Richard is the area where the lettering advertising the name of the theatre would have appeared. This has been painted with a pale blue and white cloud-effect background, but no lettering.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil on canvas artwork for a poster by Charles Buchel, 1910, advertising Seymour Hicks as as King Richard III, which he played in a condensed version at the Coliseum Theatre |
| Physical description | Oil on canvas artwork for a poster featuring a central image of the actor Seymour Hicks as Richard III wearing armour and red and blue tabard, a sword in his right hand, standing on the battlefield above two dead soldiers. At the top of the poster, above an armorial shield which is topped with a crown and flanked by two boars, is painted in black lettering SEYMOUR HICKS AS KING RICHARD III. Below the image of King Richard is the area where the lettering advertising the name of the theatre would have appeared. This has been painted with a pale blue and white cloud-effect background, but no lettering. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Credit line | Given by Rosaline Dodson |
| Object history | This was probably designed to advertise the condensed performance of Richard III that Seymour Hicks produced for Sir Oswald Stoll at the Coliseum, with music by Sir Edward German. Charles Buchel is more often associated with Herbert Beerbohm Tree who frequently commissioned him for to design posters and publicity material at His Majesty's Theatre. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Bibliographic reference | Me and My Missus. Fifty Years on the Stage, by Semour Hicks. Cassell & Company Ltd.
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| Accession number | S.1191-1984 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2003 |
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