Title

'Covent Garden Theatre: Front in 1850', (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Covent Garden Theatre: Front in 1850', (1881). The facade of the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, London. The second theatre, (designed by Robert Smirke) opened in 1809 after the previous building burned down. 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_315

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,5Mb (6,8Mb) / 19,3in x 14,0in / 5783 x 4200 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors city building buildings London England job architecture arts country art theatre occupation British English Neo-classical Covent Garden location Victorian century architectural Britain profession outside theatre royal B&W MONOCHROME publication royal opera house 19th century black & white black and white B W Neoclassical Neoclassicism publisher nineteenth century Neo-Classicism City of Westminster The Print Collector TGN landscape Old and New London Cassell Unknown Robert Smirke Edward Sir Robert Sir Robert Smirke Robert Smirke Walford Edward Walford Cassell & Company Ltd Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company Edward Walford Sir Robert Smirke landscape