Bulkhead Mask sculpture by Rick Kirby, inspired by a line from Christopher Marlowe's play Dr Faustus outside Marlowe Theatre Canterbury Kent England

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Right outside the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury is a giant mask (officially named ‘Bulkhead’). Created by sculptor Rick Kirby, it was inspired by a line from Christopher Marlowe's play Dr Faustus, which reads: “The face that launch'd a thousand ships.” And Kirby created it using scrap metal pieces from ships along the Kentish Coast

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Size: 3088px × 4112px
Location: Canterbury Kent UK
Photo credit: © eye35 stock / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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