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Palace of the Night
Design for Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird'
History note: Theatre Royal, Haymarket; Christopher Wood
Bought from the Cunliffe Fund with contributions from the Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2006
Height: 540 mm
Width: 598 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2006) by The Cunliffe Fund
Support composed of board
Drawing : Oil on illustrator's board
Accession number: PD.29-2006
Primary reference Number: 133337
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