Theatre Royal Covent Garden

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Artist/Maker	R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts (publishers)
Place of origin	Great Britain (published)

Print of Theatre Royal Covent Garden, published by Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Theatre Royal Covent Garden (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Engraving on paper Printing Ink Paper Print-Making Engraving
Brief description	Print of Theatre Royal Covent Garden, published by Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809
Physical description	The print features Theatre Royal Covent Garden. The colour print of Plate 22, Vol. 2 depicts the exterior of the building. The front of the building has a two-storey entrance with columns. There is a sculpted figure at each corner of the building. The print includes the view of the entire street.
Dimensions	Height: 14cm (approximately) (Note: Height measured is unmounted. Mounted height is 17cm.) Width: 20.6cm (approximately) (Note: Width measured is unmounted. Mounted width is 26cm.)
Marks and inscriptions	'Theatre Royal Covent Garden. / From Bow Street. / No. 10 of Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c., Pub. Oct'r. 1st, 1809, at 101 Strand London.' 'The New Theatre Royal' (Written in pencil at the top of the print.)
Credit line	Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Place depicted	Covent Garden Theatre
Summary	Print of Theatre Royal Covent Garden, published by Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.1417-2015

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Record created	July 28, 2015
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1318165/theatre-royal-covent-garden-print-r-ackermanns-repository/

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