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Woman in White
Presented by Sir Claude Phillips in memory of his sister Eugenie Phillips 1906
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
astronomy
clothing and personal items
Collins, Wilkie, ‘The Woman in White’, 1859
door
features
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
night
objects
people
shawl
star
times of the day
twisting
woman
<p>This life-sized poster is one of the first examples of a fine artist undertaking an advertisement. It was made for Wilkie Collins’s ‘sensation’ play <span>The Woman in White,</span> which opened at the Olympic Theatre, London in October 1871. It combines a Pre-Raphaelite-style beauty with black and white graphic design. Sweeping lines pull the viewer’s eye to the woman’s mysterious and inviting expression.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2013</em></p>
paper unique gouache
13 September 2004 – 16 September 2004
2004-09-16
13 September 2004 – 16 September 2004
2004-09-16
2004-09-13
Palace Theatre (London, UK)
2004-09-13
The Woman in White
Loan-out
2 April 2011 – 17 June 2012
2012-06-17
2 April 2011 – 17 July 2011
2011-07-17
2011-04-02
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
http://www.vam.ac.uk
12 September 2011 – 15 January 2012
2012-01-15
2011-09-12
Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France)
18 February 2012 – 17 June 2012
2012-06-17
2012-02-18
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum (San Francisco, USA)
http://www.famsf.org
2011-04-02
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900
Loan-out
3 May 2013 – 29 March 2015
2015-03-29
3 May 2013 – 29 March 2015
2015-03-29
2013-05-03
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-05-03
Gallery 8
Collection based display
23 February 2022 – 10 October 2022
2022-10-10
23 February 2022 – 22 May 2022
2022-05-22
2022-02-23
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
3 July 2022 – 10 October 2022
2022-10-10
2022-07-03
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
2022-02-23
The Woman in White: James McNeill Whistler, Gustave Courbet and Joanna Hiffernan
Loan-out
The Woman in White
support: 2172 × 1289 mm
frame: 2415 × 1540 × 80 mm
Presented by Sir Claude Phillips in memory of his sister Eugenie Phillips 1906
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<p>This life-sized poster is one of the first examples of a fine artist undertaking an advertisement. It was made for Wilkie Collins’s ‘sensation’ play <i>The Woman in White,</i> which opened at the Olympic Theatre, London in October 1871. It combines a Pre-Raphaelite-style beauty with black and white graphic design. Sweeping lines pull the viewer’s eye to the woman’s mysterious and inviting expression.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture astronomy clothing and personal items Collins, Wilkie, ‘The Woman in White’, 1859 door features literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) night objects people shawl star times of the day twisting woman