This site uses cookies to improve your experience. View our Cookie Policy
Preferences

Cookie Preferences

Essential

These cookies are absolutely essential for our website to function properly.

 

Cookies that measure website use

We use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on user needs.

 

Cookies that help with communications and marketing

These cookies may be set by third party websites and do things like measure how you view YouTube videos.

 
 
View our Cookie Policy
×

Image filter options
This is a new website and is still being developed.
Artworks Themes
Projects & Exhibitions Cynfas Articles Learn
About Us Contact Us
Cy
Artworks Themes Projects & Exhibitions Cynfas Articles Learn About Us Contact Us
Previous Artwork Next Artwork

Costume designs for the Welsh National Opera

Alexander, McPHERSON
Costume designs for the Welsh National Opera
Image: © Alexander Mcpherson/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
 Zoom

We have a duty of care to all our audiences. This website draws on legacy collections data. We recognise that some of this information may be outdated or discriminatory and we're currently working to review our records. If you have any questions or comments on an artwork, please contact us.

Copyright statement provided by Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 21840

Creation/Production

Alexander, McPHERSON
Costume designer, designed for Welsh National Opera during the late 1970s
Role: Artist
Period: 1977

Measurements

Height (cm): 56
Width (cm): 37.9

Material

Watercolour
Gum arabic
Felt-tip pen
Pencil
Paper
Fabric
Pins

Location

In store - verified by J Carver
More

Tags

  • Cravat
  • Design
  • Dressmaking, Patterns And Material
  • Fine Art
  • Glasses
  • Male Figure
  • Opera
  • Period Dress
  • Post 1945
  • Theatrical Costume And Fancy Dress
  • Works On Paper

Share

More like this

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Watercolour, 28th September 1975
BREWER, Paul
© Paul Brewer/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We’re working on releasing this image.
Thanksgiving Dinner, Weathersfield Bow, Vermont
JACOBSON, Jeff
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Go Home, Polish
IWANOWSKI, Michal
© Michal Iwanowski/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Llanphey Court
Paul, SANDBY,
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Sketchbook
JOHN, Gwen
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Untitled Drawing
COX, Richard
© Richard. C. Cox/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Two Figures
YARROW, Catherine
© Catherine Yarrow/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Donnington Castle
ROOKER, Michael Angelo
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Untitled
SUSCHITZKY, Wolfgang
© Wolfgang Suschitzky/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Women's book club meeting in Wye Valley hotel. Tintern, Wales
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Hanger Hill
SUTHERLAND, Graham Vivian
© Estate of Graham Sutherland/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
New York City, USA
ERWITT Elliott
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Pontypridd
GREEN, Peter
© Peter Green/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Chepstow Bridge
EVANS, Robert
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Repairs to my Barn Studio
HALL, Edna Clarke
© Edna Clarke Hall//Gail Clarke HallAmgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
French Painter Henri MATISSE at his home, Villa "Le Rêve". Alpes-Maritimes, France
CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri
© Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Cafe interior, Paris
MORRIS, Cedric
© Estate of Cedric Morris. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Mahad Hared Omar. Arrived from Somalia in 1994. Now a student. Cardiff, Wales
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
USA. New York. Central Park. Woman with pigeons on head
KALVAR, Richard
© DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We have a duty of care to all our audiences. This object record contains imagery that some users could find upsetting.
Unknown
BENSON John
© John Benson/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

  • Artworks
  • Themes
  • Projects & Exhibitions
  • Cynfas Articles
  • Learn

The Website

  • About Us
  • Accessibility
  • FAQ
  • Copyright
  • Cookies Policy

Connect with us

  • Contact Us
  • Instagram @celfarycyd
× ❮ ❯