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Moonlight on the Seine

Theatre Design
1836 (made)
Artist/Maker
Grieve Family (artists)
Place of origin
London (made)

Grieve Family, watercolour design for the backcloth of a scene of moonlight on the Seine, for Balfe's The Maid of Artois

Object details

Categories
Theatre
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Theatre design
Titles
  • Moonlight on the Seine (assigned by artist)
  • The Maid of Artois (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Grieve Family, design for Balfe's The Maid of Artois produced at Drury Lane Theatre, 1836
Physical description
Grieve Family, watercolour design for the backcloth of a scene of moonlight on the Seine, for Balfe's The Maid of Artois
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.6cm
  • Width: 22.6cm
Dimensions taken from Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985.
Association
Drury Lane Theatre
Bibliographic references
  • Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1195-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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