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The Drowning of Pharaoh's Army

Theatre Design
1833 (made)
Artist/Maker
Grieve Family (artists)
Place of origin
London (made)

Grieve Family, wash design for the drowning of Pharoah's army

Object details

Categories
Theatre
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Theatre design
TitleThe Drowning of Pharaoh's Army (generic title)
Materials and techniques
wash on paper
Wash
Paper
Watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour drawing, Cut scene representing the drowning of Pharaoh's Army in ‘The Israelites in Egypt’, produced at Covent Garden, 22 February 1833, by the Grieve Family, 1833
Physical description
Grieve Family, wash design for the drowning of Pharoah's army
Dimensions
  • Height: 6in
  • Width: 11.625in
Production typeUnique
Bibliographic references
  • Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1222-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O766319/the-drowning-of-pharaohs-army-theatre-design-grieve-family/
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