H Beard Print Collection
Etching
1st January 1851 (published)
1st January 1851 (published)
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This print from 1851 shows two images of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, but the interior and exterior views are not of the same building. There have been four theatres on the Drury Lane site. The first, which opened in 1663, burned down in 1672. Its replacement opened in 1674 and was in use until 1791 when the manager, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, had it demolished and replaced by a grander building designed by Henry Holland. Holland's theatre was short lived: it was destroyed by fire in 1809. The fourth theatre, which is the one standing today, was designed by Benjamin Wyatt and opened in 1812. The exterior view shown in the etching is of the fourth theatre, viewed from the junction of Great Russell Street and Brydges Street (now Russell Street and Catherine Street). The interior view is dated to 1792 and shows the second theatre, although this building was then in the process of demolition.
Object details
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| Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Etching showing, top, the interior of the Drury Lane theatre as it appeared in 1792 (Howlett after Capon), with, below, the North West view of the exterior of the building from Great Russell Street (Howlett after Whichelo). Published 1 January 1851 by Robert Wilkinson. |
| Physical description | Etching by B. Howlett, showing, the interior of the Drury Lane theatre as it appeared in 1792 (after William Capon) and the North West view of the exterior of the building from Great Russell Street (after John Mayle Whichelo). |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Summary | This print from 1851 shows two images of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, but the interior and exterior views are not of the same building. There have been four theatres on the Drury Lane site. The first, which opened in 1663, burned down in 1672. Its replacement opened in 1674 and was in use until 1791 when the manager, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, had it demolished and replaced by a grander building designed by Henry Holland. Holland's theatre was short lived: it was destroyed by fire in 1809. The fourth theatre, which is the one standing today, was designed by Benjamin Wyatt and opened in 1812. The exterior view shown in the etching is of the fourth theatre, viewed from the junction of Great Russell Street and Brydges Street (now Russell Street and Catherine Street). The interior view is dated to 1792 and shows the second theatre, although this building was then in the process of demolition. |
| Other number | F.93-6 - H Beard collection numbering |
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| Accession number | S.36-2008 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2008 |
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