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1934

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Costume Design: Bothwell, 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. 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

45 × 31.5 cm (17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Upper right, in paint: Bothwell- court dress [crossed out] Upper right, in pencil: "Party christening [crossed out] scene"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Bothwell, 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; 45 × 31.5 cm (17 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-240

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