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Covent Garden Theatre

Print
01/01/1810 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print of the New Covent Garden Theatre, drawn and engraved by Rowlandson & Pugin, aquatinted by Bluck, published by Ackermann, 1810.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCovent Garden Theatre (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
Print of the New Covent Garden Theatre, drawn and engraved by Rowlandson & Pugin, aquatinted by Bluck, published by Ackermann, 1810
Physical description
The print features an interior view of the New Covent Garden Theatre. Plate 100 of the aquatinted print depicts the theatre with a view from the audience. There are five levels of box seats on either side and various seating on the ground level. The pit orchestra is at the edge of the stage. The stage has a red curtain, which has been raised, revealing steps leading up to a columned partition (possibly a painted backdrop).
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm (approximately)
  • Width: 30.8cm (approximately)
Marks and inscriptions
'New Covent Garden Theatre. / London Pub. Jan 1, 1810, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts 101, Strand.'
Credit line
Given by the British Theatre Museum Association
Object history
Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Edwin Mirvish and Charles Brundy of the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, in June 1970.
Place depicted
Summary
Print of the New Covent Garden Theatre, drawn and engraved by Rowlandson & Pugin, aquatinted by Bluck, published by Ackermann, 1810.
Other number
1970/A/78 - BTMA accession number
Collection
Accession number
S.1129-2015

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Record createdJuly 7, 2015
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