Italian_Opera_House_at_the_Haymarket_(colour).jpg
The Old Opera House | |||||||
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Artist |
William Capon (1757–1827)
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Title |
The Old Opera House
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Description |
The Italian Opera House, built by John Vanbrugh, at the Haymarket before it was destroyed by a fire on 17 June 1789: this work of art was earlier published in Charles John Smith's
Historical and Literary Antiquities
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Messrs Bernard Quaritch, Ltd.
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The book and print was republished as:
Smith, Charles John (1875)
Historical and Literary Curiosities
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London
: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, pp. Plate 97 Retrieved on 10 February 2011.
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Date | 1783 [3] | ||||||
Medium | watercolor over pencil drawing on paper | ||||||
Dimensions |
height: 17.8 cm (7 in); width: 21.2 cm (8.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,17.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21.2U174728
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Collection | H Beard Print Collection | ||||||
Current location |
Victoria & Albert Museum
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Accession number |
S.4169-2009
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Source/Photographer | https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O187676/watercolour-h-beard-print-collection/ | ||||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
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Other versions |
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References
- ↑ Berg, Albert Ellery (1884) " The English Stage " in The Drama, Painting, Poetry, and Song , New York, United States: P. F. Collier, pp. p. 171 Retrieved on 10 February 2011.
- ↑ Morgan, Robert Burns (1923) " Illustrations " in Readings in English Social History , Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, pp. p. xxvii Retrieved on 10 February 2011.
- ↑ Lawrence, William John; Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (ed) (January 1921). " The Early Years of the First English Opera House ". The Music Quarterly 7 (1): Opposite p. 104. New York, United States: G. Schirmer. Retrieved on 2011-02-10 .