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Costume design for the boys chorus

Costume design for the boys chorus
 (1953)
for act III, scene 2 of Gloriana by Benjamin Britten, performed by Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1953

Medium
watercolour, crayon, pencil
Measurements
56.2 × 39.6 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink u.r.: GLORIANA / Boy’s CHORUS / Act III Sc 2
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Anthony Scott
inscribed in pencil l.r.: John Piper
Accession Number
P219-1992
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peter Corrigan, 1992
© John Piper Estate/DACS, London. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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)
Advertising, Communication and Graphic Design Costume Performing Arts
Subjects (specific)
design elements (attributes) designs (artistic concepts) front views operas (performances) performing artists studies (visual works) theatre costume youth (people)