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 We recognise that some of this information may be outdated or discriminatory and we're currently working to review our records.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 21842

Creation/Production

Alexander, McPHERSON
Costume designer, designed for Welsh National Opera during the late 1970s
Role: Artist
Period: 1978

Measurements

Height (cm): 56
Width (cm): 38.4

Material

Watercolour
Gum arabic
Felt-tip pen
Pencil
Paper

Location

In store - verified by J Carver
More

Tags

  • Bow
  • Design
  • Fine Art
  • Hat
  • Male Figure
  • Opera
  • Post 1945
  • Suit
  • Theatrical Costume And Fancy Dress
  • White
  • Works On Paper

Share

More like this

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
The promenade at the elegant seaside town of Tenby. South Wales
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Men walking in a plantation
SUTHERLAND, Graham Vivian
© Estate of Graham Sutherland/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Paris, the Church of St Nicholas du Chardonnet
BRANGWYN, Frank William
© Estate of Sir Frank William Brangwyn. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Figure Studies for Pavement of St George's Hall, Liverpool
STEVENS, Alfred
By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Miner on coal face, 1993 near Ebbw Vale
JONES GRIFFITHS, Philip
© Philip Jones Griffiths / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Progression of 5 boxes with lids not reversed
CRAIG-MARTIN, Michael
© Michael Craig-Martin/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
GO
CRAIG-MARTIN, Michael
Coriander Studios
©International Olympic Committee (IOC) - All Rights Reserved/Michael Craig-Martin/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Caneuon Ceiriog detholiad
MAYNARD, R.A.
BRAY, H.W.
© R.A. Maynard/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
East Moors, Cardiff
MACFARLANE, John
© John Macfarlane/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
We’re working on releasing this image.
Madame Vacarescu, Rumanian poet and delegate, pleads for peace at the League of Nations, 1928
SALOMON, Erich
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Upper Chapel - The Last Eisteddfod
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Rocks at the side of an Estuary
SUTHERLAND, Graham Vivian
© Estate of Graham Sutherland/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Open-air service on the beach promenade. Criccieth, Wales
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Artificial sky at the school of Architecture. Cardiff, Wales
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Untitled. From the series 'I am about to call it a day'
DEPOORTER Bieke
© DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Lower East-side park and the American flag. New York USA
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Old woman seen from a window
MARINOT, Maurice
© Maurice Marinot/Merat Vincent/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Interior of bank and the American flag. Manhattan, New York USA
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum
Deer Valley. Pool Exercise. A positive aspect of American seniors is their realisation that the correct exercise is not only useful to prolong active life but is also fun
HURN David
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / 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
× ❮ ❯