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These five canvases were intended as the principal element of  the decoration of the newly created Director's Dining-room, also called the 'Painted Room', which was situated just off the new public Restaurant in the Henry Cole Wing.  It was conceived by Sir Roy Strong, then Director of the V&A,  as a venue for special events, and the room was available to the public using the restaurant at all other times. \r\n\r\nThe decoration of the room was carried out during 1985-6 in a fashionable neo-baroque style. 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All five framed canvases measure 8 feet and 8 (264.2 cm) inches high.  Two are 4 feet and 8 inches (142.3 cm) wide.  Two are 5 feet and 6 inches (167.7 cm) wide.  One is 6 feet and 6 inches (198.1 cm) wide.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"One of five paintings by Alan Dodd, commissioned by the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1985 for the Painted Room","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.566-2007"],"accessionNumberNum":"566","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2007,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-09-30","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-26","availableToBook":true}}