Costume designs for The merchant of Venice, 1922.

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Costume designs for The merchant of Venice, 1922.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517748

Costume designs in ink, watercolor and pencil were for David Belasco's production of The Merchant of Venice at the Lyceum Theatre in New York which opened in December 1922.

26 drawings (in 1 box): color; 29 x 37 cm.

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744808

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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