Moonlight on the Seine

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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

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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 created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O766346/moonlight-on-the-seine-theatre-design-grieve-family/

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