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Design for the Poster from Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird': PD.23-2006

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Titles

Design for the Poster from Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird'

Maker(s)

Robinson, Frederick Cayley

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Description

Design for Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird'

Notes

History note: Theatre Royal, Haymarket; Christopher Wood

Legal notes

Bought from the Cunliffe Fund with contributions from the Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2006

Measurements and weight

Height: 523 mm
Width: 320 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2006) by The Cunliffe Fund

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Blue chalk
Graphite
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of pasteboard

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Graphite, black and blue chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on O.W pasteboard

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: CAYLEY-ROBINSON
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.23-2006
Primary reference Number: 133348

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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