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Object Timeline

1934

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Ruthven, for "Queen of Scots"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and production directed by Sir John Gielgud. It is dated 1934 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on parchment paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

44 × 31.5 cm (17 5/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: long surcoat for this - / high necked shirt; inscribed in black gouache, upper right: Ruthven

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Ruthven, for "Queen of Scots"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Production directed by Sir John Gielgud; USA; brush and gouache, graphite on parchment paper; 44 × 31.5 cm (17 5/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-248

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