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Inscribed: Margot Fonteyn et Roland Petit dans Les Demoiselles de la nuit. / A M Beaumont en connaissance du (illegible) bien accueil qu'il m'a fait.  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Fonteyn portrayed the cat Agathe, and Petit the musician who falls in love with her.  \r\nThe drawing came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Margot Fonteyn and Roland Petit in Petit's ballet Les Demoiselles de la nuit, 1948.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Fonteyn, Margot","id":"N1045"},{"text":"Petit, Roland","id":"N1293"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Dance","id":"AAT54144"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["S.428-2000"],"accessionNumberNum":"428","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":2000,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-09","recordCreationDate":"2001-05-01","availableToBook":true}}