Motley Theatre Design School, c. 1930, A costume design for Jessica Tandy, as Princess Katherine in Tyrone Guthrie's 1937 Production of Henry V at the Old Vic, London

Motley Theatre Design School, c. 1930
A costume design for Jessica Tandy, as Princess Katherine in Tyrone Guthrie's 1937 Production of Henry V at the Old Vic, London
signed 'MOTLEY' (lower right) and insribed 'KATHERINE/WHITE FACE CLOTH DRESS-/GOLD BELT SEWN WITH PEARLS-HEADRESS-/WHITE VELVET-/GOLD NET-/ORGANIZED VIEW WITH PEARLS/TALL CROWN COVERED WITH/GOLD FOILCLOAK/BLUE CLOTH/GOLD FLUER DE LYS/APPLIQUED IN AMERICAN CLOTH-' and with inscription '3 Henry V/Princess/Jessica Tandy' (verso)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gold on buff paper
10¾ x 16 in. (27.3 x 40.6 cm.)

Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Provenance

Mr. Anthony Norman, Stafford Gallery, London.
By descent in the family until the late 1990s when acquired by the present owner.