Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

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Artist/Maker	Speed, Harold (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Great Britain (painted)

Oil portrait of Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta, three-quarter length, her body turned to viewer's left, her head turned to viewer's right. Black background. She wears an orange Grecian-style dress with yellow/gold decoration on the bodice, a gold headdress and gold drop earrings. Her arms are by her sides and her hands are clenched.

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Categories	Paintings Access_to_Images 2003 Entertainment & Leisure SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in <i>Oedipus Rex</i> by Sophocles (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Oil on canvas Oil Colour Canvas Oil Painting
Brief description	Painting entitled "Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles", Harold Speed, 1913
Physical description	Oil portrait of Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta, three-quarter length, her body turned to viewer's left, her head turned to viewer's right. Black background. She wears an orange Grecian-style dress with yellow/gold decoration on the bodice, a gold headdress and gold drop earrings. Her arms are by her sides and her hands are clenched.
Dimensions	Height: 87.5cm Width: 78cm
Credit line	Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history	Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in April 1964.
Subjects depicted	McCarthy, Lillah Jocasta
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	1966/A/205 - BTMA accession number
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.89-1986

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Record created	November 6, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85261/lillah-mccarthy-as-jocasta-in-painting-speed-harold/

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