Title

'Rich's Glory', (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Rich's Glory', (1881). 'Rich's Glory or his Triumphant Entry into Covent-Garden', c1732. A satire on director and theatre manager John Rich's new Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, Westminster, London, which opened in 1732. Poet and dramatist John Gay is carried into the theatre on a porter's back, (right). Rich, dressed as Harlequin, drives a carriage pulled by satyrs. In the distance is St Paul's Church, designed by Inigo Jones. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D50_314

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,0Mb (5,3Mb) / 20,1in x 12,2in / 6039 x 3647 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors Gay city building buildings London England people male crowd crowds job man men religious architecture country religion guy theatre occupation British English church Christianity drama entrance Covent Garden location century architectural Britain profession entry outside triumphant director theatre royal B&W MONOCHROME publication glory 19th century black & white black and white B W publisher 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century City of Westminster The Print Collector St Paul's Church TGN landscape Old and New London Cassell Unknown John Inigo Jones Jones Inigo Edward Walford Edward Walford John Rich Rich Cassell & Company Ltd Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company John Gay Edward Walford John Rich Inigo Jones landscape