Costume designs, 1932-1960 / Thelma Afford
Costume designs, 1932-1960 / Thelma Afford
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1932-1960
Call Numbers
PX*D 330/ff.1-253
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Physical Description
Contents
1 portfolio (216 watercolours, 11 with fabric samples, 32 black and white and sepia photographs, 1 coloured photograph, 2 5 x 4 in. coloured transparencies, 4 photolithographs) - various sizes
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Perpetual Private
Rights and Restrictions Information : No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Perpetual Private
Finding aids
Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room. -
Research notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room , PXn 772 -
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection comprises 216 watercolour costume designs, 11 of which include fabric samples, for performances at: Adelaide's Ab Intra Theatre, 1932 (f. 1), Majestic Theatre, 1933, 1936 (ff. 2, 7), Tivoli Theatre, 1935 (f. 6); Sydney's Independent Theatre, 1941-1957 (ff. 152-180), Minerva Theatre, 1946-1949 ff. 182-216), Elizabethan Theatre, 1957 (...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Costume designs, 1932-1960 / Thelma Afford
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Keyword subjects:
Brooks, Lola
Minerva Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Independent Theatre (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Adelaide Centenary Pageant
Melbourne International Pageant
Australia's 150th anniversary celebrations
Signature / Inscriptions
Most designs are signed variously on front and/or back in ink or pencil, 'Thelma', 'Thelma Thomas', 'Thelma Thomas Afford' or 'Thelma Afford'
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Thelma Afford, 1989-90.
Pic.Acc.6732
Exhibited in
- Australian Inspiration
State Library of New South Wales (8 July - 27 September, 2015). Applies to: no. 134
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PX*D 330/ff.1-253
Record Identifier
nmQdwaOn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdwaOn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
826190
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