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The Woodcutter's Cottage: PD.22-2006

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Titles

The Woodcutter's Cottage

Maker(s)

Sime, Sidney Herbert

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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: 415 mm
Width: 680 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Bodycolour
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour on paper; laid down on board, a strip of 110mm added to right hand edge

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Please keep I clean & return I to the Stage I - manager
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.22-2006
Primary reference Number: 133349
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 21 March 2013 Updated: Thursday 21 March 2013 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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