Sujet

The Queen's Theatre and Opera-house, Edinburgh, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Queen's Theatre and Opera-house, Edinburgh, 1857. 'This newly-built theatre, designed by Mr. Bryce, is considered to be creditable to the taste and skill of the architect, both as regards the picturesque frontage of the building, and the commodious and convenient construction of the interior. The house is seated for about 1700, having three tiers of boxes and galleries...The adoption of the semicircular, instead of the horseshoe, form of the house greatly foreshortens the distance between the centre boxes and the stage, and thus enhances both the power of the voice and the effect of the scene. Indeed, from the furthest seat of the gallery the line of vision is perfect, and the actor or vocalist will be distinctly heard in every corner...[The theatre] has been leased from the shareholders by Mr. Black, whose management has been characterised by great spirit and enterprise'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_221

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,5Mo (1,9Mo) / 34,2cm x 22,4cm / 4034 x 2647 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building architecture playhouse entertainment theatre British color Scotland ornate Baroque opera Opera House location century Britain newspapers press Edinburgh concept B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN outside street newspaper Unknown David David Bryce Bryce Baroque Era Queen's Theatre 19th-century