Costume design for the actress Delia Dosson

Costume design for the actress Delia Dosson
 (1952)
from the play Letter from Paris

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
brush and ink, watercolour and black chalk over pencil on green paper
Measurements
37.6 × 25.0 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil l.c.r.: Oliver Messel
Accession Number
P211-1992
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peter Corrigan, 1992
© Estate of Oliver Messel CBE
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Costume Performing Arts
Subjects (specific)
costume design costumes (character dress) design drawings pink (colour) theatre costume

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