Curtain design for George Bernard Shaw's 'Saint Joan', by Charles de Sousy Ricketts

An image of Design for the Tapestry Curtain for 'Saint Joan', by George Bernard Shaw. Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931). Watercolour and bodycolour with pen, black and red ink over graphite on paper, height 344 mm, width 492 mm, circa 1923. Given by the National Art Collections Fund, 1933.

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Design for the Tapestry Curtain for 'Saint Joan', by George Bernard Shaw. Ricketts, Charles de Sousy (British, 1866-1931). Watercolour and bodycolour with pen, black and red ink over graphite on paper, height 344 mm, width 492 mm, circa 1923. Given by the National Art Collections Fund, 1933.

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Accession Number: 1649
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
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Image width: 1024 pixels
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Filesize: 268.71kB
Captured: 2007:12:12 10:16:15

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20th Century _WF_ArtFund British characters Charles de Sousy Ricketts clothes clothing costume costume design curtains design designing drawing Edwardian English Fitz_PDP George Bernard Shaw illustration Joan of Arc medievalism Middle Ages plays Ricketts set design sets St Joan stage-set tapestry theatre theatrical watercolour

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