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Nancy Price as Calypso in Ulysses by Stephen Phillips

Painting
1902 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil portrait of Nancy Price as Calypso, three-quarter length, turned to viewer's right, her eyes looking upwards and towards viewer's left, her hands clasped on her breast. Background in shades of brown and cream. She wears a white dress and has long red hair in loose braids, with a green band above her forehead and trailing green ribbons. Signed and dated.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNancy Price as Calypso in <i>Ulysses</i> by Stephen Phillips (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Painting entitled "Nancy Price as Calypso in Ulysses by Stephen Phillips", Charles Buchel, 1902
Physical description
Oil portrait of Nancy Price as Calypso, three-quarter length, turned to viewer's right, her eyes looking upwards and towards viewer's left, her hands clasped on her breast. Background in shades of brown and cream. She wears a white dress and has long red hair in loose braids, with a green band above her forehead and trailing green ribbons. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.5cm
  • Width: 29.2cm
Credit line
Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history
Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by the sitter's daughter, Miss Elizabeth Maude, in 1971.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Other number
1971/A/50 - BTMA accession number
Collection
Accession number
S.94-1986

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Record createdNovember 5, 2003
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