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1967

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1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Costume Design: Aemilia, An Abbess at Ephesus, for Comedy of Errors

This is a Drawing. It was written by William Shakespeare and designed by Theoni V. Aldredge and made for (as the client) New York Shakespeare Festival. It is dated 1967 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and brown, white, and blue gouache on cardboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Theoni V. Aldredge. It is credited Gift of Theoni V. Aldredge.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 35.2 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 in. × 11 in.)

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower right: "Theoni V. Aldredge"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Aemilia, An Abbess at Ephesus, for Comedy of Errors; Designed by Theoni V. Aldredge; Written by William Shakespeare (British, ca. 1564–1616); Client: New York Shakespeare Festival; USA; brush and brown, white, and blue gouache on cardboard; H x W: 35.2 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 in. × 11 in.); Gift of Theoni V. Aldredge; 1971-2-1

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