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Drawing of a costume design for a Black character in the play "Judith." Old inscription (not in Ricketts's hand at the top of the page says "Negro slave, Judith." This design either for the Arnold Bennett or T. Sturge Moore stage plays based on the story of Judith and Holofernes -- both plays were designed and dressed by Ricketts. This item exhibited at Royal Academy commemorative exhibit 1932-1933. From the collection of Albert Sperisen (accession MS.1963.009).

Scope and Contents Drawings include 3 views of one of the iconic costumes from the 1919 production of Arnold Bennett's play, in which Judith's torso is clothed largely in three wide strips of black fabric. Drawings include: "Judith" [inscribed at top of image], "Judith under dress" [inscribe at top of image], and a third image where Judith wears a green tunic over the revealing costume pictured in the two other drawings (this drawing only includes inscribed notes indicating "panel, petunia satin" for part of...