Patience
Watercolour
ca.1900 (painted)
ca.1900 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Henry Lytton as Bunthorne in Patience which opened at the Savoy Theatre, 1881. Pencil, watercolour and gouache, annotated with an inscription in ink by W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Patience (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Henry Lytton as Bunthorne in Patience which opened at the Savoy Theatre, 1881. Pencil, watercolour and gouache, annotated with an inscription in ink by W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911). |
| Physical description | Portrait of Henry Lytton as Bunthorne in the opera Patience. Full-length male figure wearing a yellow jacket and matching knickerbocker trousers and stockings; black shoes; white collar and blue bow. The figure holds a white lily in his left hand. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Why, what a most particularly pure young man this pure young man must be. WSG' (Inscription by W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911). In his hand, with his initials. He also wrote 'Copyright' and what could be the letter 'B' under the name of the artist inscribed in pencil.) |
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| Association | |
| Literary reference | <i>Patience</i> |
| Summary | Henry Lytton as Bunthorne in Patience which opened at the Savoy Theatre, 1881. Pencil, watercolour and gouache, annotated with an inscription in ink by W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911). |
| Bibliographic reference | The Theatre Museum by Alexander Schouvaloff,
preface and intoduction by Catherine Haill.
Scala Books, 1987, ISBN 1 870248 03 1 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.2594-1986 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2003 |
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