Covent Garden Theatre [graphic] / Pugin & Rowlandson delt. et sculpt. ; J. Bluck aquat.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [1 July 1808]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.1 x 28.1 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 33.9 cm
- Notes:
- Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 212.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 27.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- "Interior of theatre, seen from the back of the stalls, looking towards the stage; as it appeared before it burned down in September 1808; an orchestra assembled towards the back of the stage, behind a choir at the front; the theatre packed with spectators; candle chandeliers hanging around room from the different levels of the circles."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Topics:
- Audiences--England--London.
Chandeliers.
Interiors--England--London.
Theaters--England--London. - Topics:
- London (England)--Pictorial works.
- Topics:
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Covent Garden Theatre.
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Aquatints--England--London--1808.
Book illustrations.
Etchings--England--London--1808. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Microcosm of London.
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
- Orbis Record:
- 12972946
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr32448
- Citation:
- Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, pages 136-140
Adams, B. London illustrated 1604-1850, pages 223-228 - OID:
- 16194860
- PID:
- digcoll:4048719
