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print
;
newspaper/periodical
Object Type
print
newspaper/periodical
Museum number
1948,0315.5.46
Title
Object:
New Drury Lane Theatre
Description
View looking across the front of the new theatre, towards the Strand; illustration from Ackermann's The Repository of Arts, part 47 volume 8. 1812 Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
Producer name
Published by:
Ackermann
School/style
British
Production date
1812
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
aquatint
Dimensions
Height:
138 millimetres
Width:
213 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This impression was published in Rudolph Ackermann's periodical 'The Repository of Arts'. In 1816 Ackermann decided to reprint in volume form those from the series that described contemporary London under the title 'Select Views of London'. The print is recorded in both Adams's discussion of the 'Select Views' and in the Abbey catalogue for the Repository of Arts.
Bibliographic references
Abbey Life / Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of J.R. Abbey
(212.311)
Adams 1983 / London Illustrated 1604-1850: a survey and index of topographical books and their plates
(117.28)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
theatre/opera house
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
London
Associated titles
Associated Title:
The Repository of Arts
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Hermann Marx
Acquisition date
1948
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1948,0315.5.46