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1965

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Orsino, for Twelfth Night

This is a Drawing. It was written by William Shakespeare. It is dated 1965 and we acquired it in 1970. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper with attached fabric swatches. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Jane Greenwood.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 35.2 × 27.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp, lower right: United Scenic Artists Local 829, Costume Designer

It is signed

Signed in pencil at lower right as part of stamp: "J Greenwood / 65"

It is inscribed

In pencil, upper left: "TWELTH NIGHT / STRATFORD - CONNECTICUT / ORSINO"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Orsino, for Twelfth Night; Written by William Shakespeare (British, ca. 1564–1616); USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper with attached fabric swatches; H x W: 35.2 × 27.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Jane Greenwood; 1970-56-2

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