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Drury Lane Theatre

Maker

After
(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

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

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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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