Papers of and relating to Anne Estelle Rice

1884–1997

Material from this collection available to view online, includes illustrated postcards, sent from Anne Estelle Rice to her young son, David Drey, as well as a cache of beautifully illustrated and colourful costume designs by her for theatre productions, such as Othello, Macbeth and A Twelfth Night dating from the 1930s. These papers provide a valuable insight into the opportunities and challenges faced by a women artist working in the early twentieth century in Paris and then London. Further material from this collection can be searched on the online catalogue, notably early sketchbooks showing her development as a talented draughtswoman, and correspondence with her husband, the theatre critic, Raymond Drey, and influential individuals, such as Katherine Mansfield and J. D. Fergusson.

Collection Owner: Gill Drey
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Eleven sketchbooks purchased from Mrs Gill Drey with the remaining papers donated by Mrs Drey, December 2009.
Reference: TGA 200920

149 objects in this collection

Papers of and relating to Anne Estelle Rice

149 Objects
- Correspondence
  
  25 Objects
- Artwork and source material
  
  124 Objects
  - Sketches, drawings and prints
    
    45 Objects
  - Costume and set designs
    
    79 Objects

Title: Costume and set designs
Description: Includes costume and set designs for theatre productions, including 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', 'Othello' and 'Twelfth Night', created by Anne Estelle Rice.
Reference: TGA 200920/2/3

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149 objects in this collection

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Costume design titled ‘Mistress Page’

Costume design titled ‘Roderigo’

Untitled costume design showing a female figure wearing a blue and black dress, with a hat and boots lined with fur

Untitled costume design showing a female figure wearing a white, black and red suit and a bobble hat

Untitled set design showing a female figure in a white dress wearing a green sitting room of a grand house decorated in a style reminiscent of the Victorian Era

Untitled set design showing a female figure in a white dress wearing a pink sitting room of a grand house decorated in a style reminiscent of the Victorian Era

Set design titled ‘Act IV Scene I Before Olivia’s House’

Untitled set design showing a female figure wearing a white dress in a yellow sitting room of a grand house decorated in a style reminiscent of the Victorian Era

Set design titled ‘Act I Scene III Olivia’s House’

Set design titled ‘A Street - Twelfth Night’

Set design titled ‘Charles IX’s Bedchamber’

Set design titled ‘Act II Scene V Olivia’s Garden’

Untitled set design showing a palm tree surrounded by chair and tables with umbrellas

Untitled costume design showing a female figure wearing a blue dress with a tiered full skirt decorated with ruffles and a bodice with scalloped edged sleeves reminiscent of the Victorian Era(?)

Untitled costume design showing a female figure wearing a yellow dress decorated with blue flowers wrapped in a pink shawl and a bonnet with blue ribbons reminiscent of the Victorian Era

Costume design titled ‘Sir Hugh Evans’

Costume design titled ‘Anne Page’

Costume design titled ‘Nym’

Costume design titled ‘Robin’

Untitled costume design showing a female figure wearing a blue dress with a full skirt decorated with ruffles and pink and black bows reminiscent of the Victorian Era

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