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Beyond the Wall
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: 528 mm
Width: 594 mm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2006) by The Cunliffe Fund
Watercolour
White chalk
Blue chalk
Black chalk
Support
composed of
board
Mediunm
composed of
oil
Drawing : Black, blue, and white chalk, watercolour and oil paint with gold highlights on board
Accession number: PD.26-2006
Primary reference Number: 133345
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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