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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1880,1113.3096
Description
Covent Garden theatre, pit entrance, Bow St; building with portico and name of entrance at centre, adjoined by tavern at left and oyster warehouse at r, figures and dog in foreground, within border. 1808 Watercolour, strengthened with gum, over graphite
Producer name
Drawn by:
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd
School/style
British
Production date
1808
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
252 millimetres
Width:
186 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Binyon 1898-1907 / Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain
(150)
Crace 1878 / A Catalogue of Maps, Plans and Views of London, Westminster and Southwark, collected and arranged by Frederick Crace
(XVIII.110)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1982/3 Dec-Feb, RA, 'Royal Opera House Retrospective', (ex cat.)
Subjects
theatre/opera house
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
London
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
John Gregory Crace
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederick Crace
Acquisition date
1880
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1880,1113.3096