Interior view of Drury Lane Theatre showing the wrestling scene in "As You Like It"

People:

T.H. Ellis (engraver (printmaker))
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (designer)
Benjamin Dean Wyatt (architect)
William Shakespeare (playwright)

Title:

Interior view of Drury Lane Theatre showing the wrestling scene in "As You Like It"

Date:

between 1841 and 1844

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawing

Technique and media:

Steel engraving

Dimensions:

sheet: 20.8 x 26.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0025

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Brown stains and gilded edge on three sides, irregular cut and traces of stitching on fourth (bottom) side.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in the plate, below the image, l.c.: with title which is repeated in French and German; l.l.: "T.H. Shepherd"; l.r.: "T.H. Ellis""; and b.: "London: Published for the Proprietors, by J. Mead, 10, Gough Square, Fleet Street."

Subject:

architecture
theatre design

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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