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Lillah McCarthy as Jocasta in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Painting
ca. 1907 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLillah McCarthy as Jocasta in <i>Oedipus Rex</i> by Sophocles (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
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
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
Accession number
S.89-1986

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Record createdNovember 6, 2003
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