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1934

  • Work on this object began.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Costume Design: Study for Arran, for "Queen of Scots"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and written by Gordon Daviot. It is dated 1934 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on notebook paper. 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

34 × 26.9 cm (13 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: This one some additions = / Arran / Act I. Scene 1. / August.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Study for Arran, for "Queen of Scots"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Written by Gordon Daviot (Scottish, 1896–1952); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on notebook paper; 34 × 26.9 cm (13 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-251

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