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Mar 11, 2011 · Fri 11 Mar 2011 13.32 EST. After five years and more than 700 hours of delicate restoration work, a green gown shimmering with the iridescent wings of 1,000 beetles, which caused a sensation...
This shimmering emerald-green dress, embroidered with iridescent beetle-wing cases, was created for Shakespeare’s villainess, Lady Macbeth. It was worn by the famous actress Ellen Terry (1847–1928) at the opening of Macbeth at the Lyceum Theatre in London in December 1888.
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth is an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, now in Tate Britain, in London. Painted in 1889, it depicts actress Ellen Terry in a famous performance as Lady Macbeth in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, wearing a green dress decorated with iridescent beetle wings.
Mar 22, 2011 · After a £110,00 restoration, the famous Beetle Wing Dress worn by Victorian actress Ellen Terry for the role of Lady Macbeth in 1888 (image at left; click to enlarge) has been restored and is now on display at Smallhythe Place, in Kent. While this is a theatrical costume worn on...
Sep 4, 2012 · 36. 2.9K views 11 years ago. On show at Small Hythe Place near Tenterden , Kent, former home of actress Ellen Terry. This dress was made for her 1888 role as Lady Macbeth...
Mar 29, 2011 · After she died in 1928, the Beetle Wing dress was put on display at the Ellen Terry Memorial Museum, a museum founded by her heirs at Terry’s beloved Smallhythe Place, a 16th century half-timber house she had purchased in 1899 and lived in until her death.
Jul 2, 2020 · Figure 1. John Singer Sargent (1856-1925). Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth. 1889. Oil on canvas. © Tate Britain. Named for the iridescent beetlewings which covered its surface, the ‘beetlewing dress’ overshadowed the costumes of the other performers, including those of the title character: Macbeth.
