Caption
No. 24. Theatre burned down in 1890, Two views of the old and new Theatre on Leidseplein, No. 24. New Theatre opened in 1894, photomechanical print, These prints are part of an album., publisher: Johan Marinus Schalekamp, Amsterdam, 1894 - 1900, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 348 mm x width 250 mm, height 96 mm x width 134 mm x height 96 mm x width 139 mm, square, circus, etc. (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), theatre (building), Stadsschouwburg (Amsterdam), Schouwburg Leidseplein (1774-1890), Leidseplein, A vertically oriented, sepia-toned sheet shows two historic street scenes one above the other separated by blank space; in the upper scene a large ornate stone building with columns and sculpted details sits at a cobbled square with a few scattered pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage, tram tracks curving across the foreground, and buildings and a domed church visible in the background; the lower scene depicts a grand multi-towered building with turrets and decorative façades facing a busy street filled with many people, streetlamps, carriages, and buildings receding toward a distant domed church, all rendered in the same aged photographic style.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A76_463
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