Not on display

Print Collection

Print
ca. 1852 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Complimentary ticket to admit three to the Stalls at the Royal Marionette Theatre, in the Adelaide Gallery, Adelaide Street, near the Strand in London. The theatre had opened on 12th January 1852 and the ticket probably dates from this time. The first performances were by Signor Brigaldi's marionettes in 'operas, burlesques, vaudevilles, ballets and spectacles'.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePrint Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Printing
Brief description
Paper ticket to admit three to the Stalls at the Royal Marionette Theatre, Adelaide Street, the Strand, London, ca. 1852.
Physical description
Paper ticket to admit three to the Stalls at the Royal Marionette Theatre, 'Lowther Arcade, West Strand'. Pasted to a sheet of paper below a cutting from The Illustrated London News, showing the stage of the Marionette Theatre, 1852.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.1cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
  • Total with mount height: 37.1cm
  • Total with mount width: 26.1cm
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Summary
Complimentary ticket to admit three to the Stalls at the Royal Marionette Theatre, in the Adelaide Gallery, Adelaide Street, near the Strand in London. The theatre had opened on 12th January 1852 and the ticket probably dates from this time. The first performances were by Signor Brigaldi's marionettes in 'operas, burlesques, vaudevilles, ballets and spectacles'.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
S.664:2-2010

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Record createdMay 27, 2010
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