Drury Lane Theatre
Maker
After
(artist (?))
1757-1827
(printmaker)
active 1804-1840 (Life dates)
(artist (?))
1757-1827
(printmaker)
active 1804-1840 (Life dates)
Title
Drury Lane Theatre
Date of Production
1811
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Height: 11.6 cm
Height: 17.3 cm
Height: 17.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7598
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left, printed: "Engrav'd by W.J. White, from a drawing by J. Capon"; lower centre, printed: "DRURY LANE THEATRE, / Westminster. / Burnt down in 1809."; lower right, printed: "for the Beauties of England and Wales."; lower left, pencil (later Witt inscription): "? J. Capon or / W. Capon"
Mount: upper right, stamped (later Witt inscription): "WITT / LIBRARY"; lower right, stamped (later Witt inscription): "M"; bottom left, typed (later Witt inscription): "Britton, Beauties of Eng. & Wales, 1815"
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