Sadler's Wells Theatre
Print
01/06/1809 (published)
01/06/1809 (published)
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Print of Sadler's Wells Theatre, drawn and engraved by Rowlandson & Pugin, aquatinted by Bluck, published by Ackermann, 1809.
Object details
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| Title | Sadler's Wells Theatre (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving on paper |
| Brief description | Print of Sadler's Wells Theatre, drawn and engraved by Rowlandson & Pugin, aquatinted by Bluck, published by Ackermann, 1809 |
| Physical description | The print features an interior view of Sadler's Wells Theatre. Plate 69 of the aquatinted print depicts the theatre with a view from the audience. There are three 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 an unnamed production. The character onstage appears to be Posidon/Neptune with his trident in a chariot on water pulled by water horses. There is a painted waterfall on the backdrop and columns on stage left. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Sadler's Wells Theatre. / London Pub. June 1st 1809, 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. |
| Production | The British Library has an exact identical print: http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/illustration-of-sadlers-wells-theatre. |
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| Summary | Print of Sadler's Wells Theatre, drawn and engraved by Rowlandson & Pugin, aquatinted by Bluck, published by Ackermann, 1809. |
| Other number | 1970/A/78 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1145-2015 |
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| Record created | July 8, 2015 |
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