Name: Motley Theatre Design School, c. 1930
Brand: A costume design for Jessica Tandy, as Princess Katherine in Tyrone Guthrie's 1937 Production of Henry V at the Old Vic, London
Price: 500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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.)

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

London, Stafford Gallery, no. 57.

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Jessica Tandy (1909-1994) was an internationally renowned English-American actress. During the 1930s, she acted in many plays in London's West End, including playing the role of Queen Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V in Tyrone Guthrie's 1937 production at the Old Vic. Tandy won a number of awards in her lifetime and became the oldest actress to receive the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.

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