398: Scenes from Greek Mumming Plays
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/2/2/72 |
| Level | Item |
| Scope and Content | Card base with five black and white photographs and one ink illustration attached, labelled with pasted letter a-f. The number 398 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Mumming Plays A.J.B. Wace" is written in ink in the lower left corner. Beside each image is a later annotation in pencil giving a bibliographic reference, except beside image a where it is written "Can't find." Framed. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Scenes from Greek mumming plays, recorded in different places by A.J.B. Wace. a. Masquerade in the snow at Hagios Georgios, near Viza, Thrace. b. A mummer in Scyros. c-f. Mummers on May Day on Mount Pelion, Thessaly. Man, the Old Woman, and the Doctor. d. The Death of the Old Man. e. The Arrival of the Doctor. f. The Doctor at work, restoring the Old Man to life." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Studies of Modern Greek Life" |
| Related records |
[1936/2/2/72/1], Sub-item, 398a: Masquerade in the Snow
[1936/2/2/72/2], Sub-item, 398b: A Mummer in Scyros [1936/2/2/72/3], Sub-item, 398c: Mummers on May Day in Mount Pelion [1936/2/2/72/4], Sub-item, 398d: Mummers on May Day in Mount Pelion [1936/2/2/72/5], Sub-item, 398e: Mummers on May Day in Mount Pelion [1936/2/2/72/6], Sub-item, 398f: Mummers on May Day in Mount Pelion [BSA SPHS/1/2227.5830], Viza: Scene from mummery play, 1906 [BSA SPHS/1/2225.5828], Skyros: Masquerader, 1905 [BSA SPHS/1/1791.4483], Near Agios Laventios: Group of three mummers, 1910 [BSA SPHS/1/1792.4484], Near Agios Laventios: A mummers play, 1910 [BSA SPHS/1/6841.C6850], View of the work of W.S. George as shown at the 1936 exhibition at Burlington House, London: 339 and 340. The Acropolis of Athens, 341. Fresco of a Young Armed Warrior (Acropolis Museum), 342. Head of Seti I, in soft limestone, once coloured. XIXth dynast, 1936 |