"Interior view of the auditorium of the Opera House in Haymarket, London; a performance taking place; actors dancing on stage, the audience watching from six tiered galleries on either side, and from the pit."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 59., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 2, opposite page 213.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Theatre (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Opera houses, Interiors, Auditoriums, and Audiences
A well-dressed, fashionable woman in a hat abundantly adorned with feathers sits in an opera box. She smiles as she leans over the rail, holding an eyeglass on a chain. In her other hand, she holds a bouquet of flowers. She wears drop pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, and a pearl brooch pinned at her breast as well as a bracelet on her wrist
Description:
Title etched in open letters below image. and Imprint based on similar print in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number: 2010,7081.7123.
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Two lines of text below title: In consequence of the great pressure for lodgings, the proprietor of Her Majesty's Theatre, with his usual readiness to meet the wishes and to give every possible accomodation to the public ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
