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Portraits Theatres De Paris.
Portraits Theatres De Paris.
[Paris: Francisque Noël et Companie, c.1825.]
Book, folio (410 x 270mm, 16½ x 10¾"), original half calf gilt, marbled boards. 70 lithographic plates of French actors in character, complete (though not bound according to plate numbers), after Colin and Marin. Front cover detached. Some spotting to plates.
All plates numbered and captioned with the surname of the actor, the name of the role in which they are portrayed and the title of the play; also the theatre at which they performed. One plate dated 1824. Baron Northwick bookplate.
Provenance: Ex collection of John Rushout, second Baron Northwick (1769 - 1859), collector and connoisseur.
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Fancy Ball Costumes. Alias. 36, Soho Square, London. Costumier to the Principal London, Paris, American, Provincial & Colonial Theatres.
Fancy Ball Costumes. Alias. 36, Soho Square, London. Costumier to the Principal London, Paris, American, Provincial & Colonial Theatres. Fancy Ball Costumes Made from any Special Design, if required, On Sale or Hire.
[n.d. c.1890.]
Colour printed letter press, advertising placard. 248 x 153mm. 9¾ x 6".
Alias was a Fancy Ball Costumier, particularly renowned for their French Costumes.
[Ref: 17955]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Dramata Theatri Pacis.
Dramata Theatri Pacis. Quod Regis Catholici Felicis Simis Auspiciis Serenissimum Ernestum Principem Opt.XVII. Ger. Inf. Provincias, Confecto &c.
[Petrus van der Borcht.]
[n.d. c.1595.]
Scarce etching and engraving with letterpress on verso. 330 x 457mm. (13 x 18"). Very fine; centrefold as issued.
Interior of a theatre with various figures shown, illustration from Johannes Bochius "Descriptio pvblicae gratvlationis, spectacvlorvm et lvdorvm in adventv Sereniss. Principis Ernesti Archidvcis Avstriae..."; the ceremonial entry of Ernst, Archduke of Austria, into Antwerp.
[Ref: 27747]   £390.00  
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De Vrede, als uit den hemel nederdalende, vertoond, by hat weder openen van den Amsteld. Schouwburg Ao.1749..In het
De Vrede, als uit den hemel nederdalende, vertoond, by hat weder openen van den Amsteld. Schouwburg Ao.1749..In het Zinnespel Leeuwendaal herstadt door de Vrede.
[Amsterdam, c.1749.]
Engraving, image 190 x 285mm. 7½ x 11¼". Trimmed to image and glued to backing sheet.
Interior of an Amsterdam theatre, a performance on stage. By Simon Fokke (printmaker; Dutch; Male; 1712 - 1784), engraver and etcher working for the Amsterdam book trade; also a collector.
For another ballet print of the Schouwbourg Theatre, see ref. 13317
[Ref: 26968]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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Armoedige Wooning. La Fleur. Meisje lief, laat ons wat t'zame praaten, Slaa je oogen eens op, laat ik je zoete bakkesje eens zien ...... Je moet je werk een pooeje daar laaten. Is daar zo veel haast by? De Deug.d.i.a.ame Armoede, I.ste Bedr. III.de Joon.
Armoedige Wooning. La Fleur. Meisje lief, laat ons wat t'zame praaten, Slaa je oogen eens op, laat ik je zoete bakkesje eens zien ...... Je moet je werk een pooeje daar laaten. Is daar zo veel haast by? De Deug.d.i.a.ame Armoede, I.ste Bedr. III.de Joon. Demeure de L'Indigence. Felix. Belle enfant, parlez-nous donc un peu; Levez cette tete charmante; comme vous travaillez!... Votre ouvrage presse t-il ai fort? L'indigent, Act. I. Sc. III.
A. van der Groen, inv. et pinx. 1776. R. Vinkeles, del. & figur inv. et. del. R. & H. Vinkeles, sculp 1777.
Te Amsterdam by Johannes Smit en Zoon, met Privilegie.
Engraving. Plate 362 x 426mm. 14¼ x 16¾".
Leidseplein City Theatre scene, and interior of 'virtuous poverty'. Two men overlook a woman spinning at a wheel centre stage.
In the Gemeente Amsterdam Stadsarchief.
[Ref: 22795]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Galliari Bernardino.
Galliari Bernardino. Pittore Bielleso.
Rossetti Vercellese diseg. Cav. De - Gregory dresse. Rinaldi di Canelli incise.
[n.d., c.1820].
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 190 x 135mm. (7½ x 5¼").
A portrait of Bernardino Galliari (1707-1794), in profile to left, with a paint brush raised in his right hand. An unfinished backdrop to a play can be seen in the background. Galliari was an Italian painter, born at Andorno. He was a famed scenic designer and decorator of theatres.
[Ref: 31684]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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"When A Man's A Little Bit Poorly," The Celebrated Comic Song as Sung by Mr. C. Taylor, The Words by T. Hudson, The Music Arranged by J. Blewitt.
Jos. Lisle Delc.
London. Published by T.E. Purday, 50, St Pauls Church Yard, Successor (in this branch of the business) to Collard & Collard (late Clementi & Co)
Etching with music verso, platemark 280 x 230mm (11 x 9"). Small margins. Repaired tear on right.
A man in various stages of an illness. Cover to a popular ballad by composer Jonathan Blewitt (1782-1853), the son of a prominent organist, who is said to have been taught by Haydn! In his later career Blewitt wrote pantomimes, musical plays and light operas for most of the London theatres, and hundreds comic songs and ballads in the Irish style. Etched by Joseph Lisle (1828 - 1830; fl), satirical designer and lithographic draughtsman. He worked for Tregear, and occasionally published his own work.
[Ref: 40075]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Reipublicae Literatiae Triumiris Boyleo, Lockio et Sydenhamio.
Reipublicae Literatiae Triumiris Boyleo, Lockio et Sydenhamio.
F. Boucher invenit et delin. Cl. Duflos Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. Plate: 650 x 410mm (25¾ x 16''). Small stain on right, central horizontal crease as normal. Small margins.
An allegorical monument to scientists and philosophers Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), Robert Boyle (1627-1691) and John Locke (1632-1704). From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
[Ref: 50887]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Theatre of Anatomy.
Theatre of Anatomy.
A. Pugin delt. J.C. Stadler sculpt.
London, Pub. Novr. 1.1815, at 101. Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Cambridge.
Aquatint with very fine hand-colouring, platemark 298 x 248mm (11¾ x 9¾"), with large margins.
Two visitors inspecting the anatomy theatre at the University of Cambridge. A human skeleton stands above the dissecting table where two specimens are placed. In one of the jars are conjoined twins. Human anatomical specimens also line the shelves. As few bodies were available for dissection, demonstrations in theatres enabled a number of medical students to learn human anatomy from watching the same procedure. From Ackermann's 'History of the University of Cambridge'.
[Ref: 44218]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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William Capon. Draughtsman and Painter of Architecture and Landscape, to His late Royal Highness, the Duke of York. Born 1757._Died 1827.
William Capon. Draughtsman and Painter of Architecture and Landscape, to His late Royal Highness, the Duke of York. Born 1757._Died 1827.
Painted in Minature by W. Bone. Engraved by W. Bond.
Published by J.B. Nichols, Parliament Street, March 1, 1828. Gent_Mag. Feb.y. 1828. p.105.
Engraving, on india. Plate: 155 x 235mm (6 x 9¼") very large margins. Very slight crease.
A half-length seated portrait of British draughtsman William Capon (1757-1827) who was employed to do the decorations at Ranelagh Gardens and the Italian Opera House and to do scene painting at the Drury Lane Theatre.
[Ref: 40161]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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To the Memory of the Duke of Marlborough.
To the Memory of the Duke of Marlborough.
D. Creti Eques: et N. Ferravoli et J.P. Mirando Pinx. L. Cars Sculp. et D.M.Fratta delin.
John Boydell excudit London.
Engraving. 650 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼''). Large margins on 3 sides.
An allegorical scene featuring an invented monument to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, hero of the War of the Spanish Succession, depicting him as a Roman general on horseback. From Boydell's edition of 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne' by Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, first published by Basan in Paris c.1737. Boydell has translated the title into English from Latin and added his name as publisher. McSwiny had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. This series of paintings, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen, was planned for the decoration of the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood.
See BM 1859,0709.685 for the first published state. See: 10619
[Ref: 54252]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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48. View of the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden.
48. View of the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Designed by R.t Smirke Jun.r Esq.r (Built by Mr. Copeland), The first Stone was laid by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales as G.M. of Free Masons, 31st. Dec.r 1808. and Opened 18th Sept.r 1809.
Published 12th Jan.y 1810, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street London.
Engraving with hand colour, verso in ink "Smirke circulating library, Glasgow"; 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾"), large margins. Some surface dirt. Laid on linen. Small hole left margin. Repaired tears right.
On 20 September 1808, the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, was completely destroyed by fire. George, Prince of Wales, laid the foundation stone of the new theatre on 31 December 1808, and within ten months, the theatre was finished. The new theatre was designed by the architect Robert Smirke and modelled on the Temple of Minerva in the Athenian Acropolis. The main façade was on Bow Street with a Doric portico.
For uncoloured version see Ref 3756.
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View of the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Designed by R.t Smirke Jun.r Esq.r (Built by Mr. Copeland), The first Stone was laid by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales as G.M. of Free Masons, 31st. Dec.r 1808. and Opened 18th Sept.r 1809.
View of the New Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Designed by R.t Smirke Jun.r Esq.r (Built by Mr. Copeland), The first Stone was laid by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales as G.M. of Free Masons, 31st. Dec.r 1808. and Opened 18th Sept.r 1809.
Published 12th Jan.y 1810, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street London.
Engraving. 280 x 440mm.
[Ref: 3756]   £330.00  
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[Mrs. Crouch.]
[Mrs. Crouch.]
[G: Romney pinxit. F. Bartolozzi R:A: sculpt.]
[n.d. c.1788.]
Very rare stipple, proof before all letters. Plate 318 x 255mm (12½ x 10"). With the collector's mark of A. Anderson Weston.
Portrait of the singer and actress Anna Maria Crouch; three-quarter length portrait, seated under a cliff, lower body facing three-quarter to right, upper body turned and looking three-quarter to left, right hand on chest, book in left hand, necklace with a miniature portrait attached hung from neck; yacht on sea in distance to extreme right. Anna Maria Crouch (1763-1805), the singer and stage actress in the London theatres; she was, briefly, a mistress of George, Prince of Wales. Alexander Anderdon Weston (d. 1901) inherited a fine collection of English portraits after Reynolds and other artists, formed by his uncle James Hughes Anderdon.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 21 (a). De Vesme: 1063. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29121]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT)
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Grand Triumphal Arch displayed opposite to Windsor Castle, by H.W. Darby,
Grand Triumphal Arch displayed opposite to Windsor Castle, by H.W. Darby, In honour of the visit of Louis Napoleon, Emperor of France, to her Majesty, Queen Victoria the First. H.W. Darby, 98, Regent Street, Lambeth, London, Wholesale Firework Manufacturer, and Railway Signal-Light Contractor. Artist to the Nobility and Gentry's Grand Fetes, Theatres, and Public Gardens. For many years the Sole Artiste to the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall.
[c.1863.]
Scarce letterpress advertisment. Sheet 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"). Left edge frayed.
Probably a page from a trade directory.
[Ref: 57180]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ornamental design; a woman and child with flying bird.]
[Ornamental design; a woman and child with flying bird.]
White Sc.
De la Cour exc: Accordg. to Act of Parlt. in Katherine Street in ye Strand. 1748.
Etching on laid paper, 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾".
Vaguely chinoiserie in style; numbered '1' upper right. From a pattern book published by William Delacour (fl.1740 - 1767), portrait, decorative and scene painter; presumably French origins; d. Edinburgh 1767. He published eight books of ornament between 1741 and 1747, engraved by himself, Vivares or Robert White. He is first documented as a scene painter for London theatres.
[Ref: 20224]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Dedicatto all illmo. Sigre. padrone Colmo. Nelthorpe
Dedicatto all illmo. Sigre. padrone Colmo. Nelthorpe
per il Servitore Di. V.S. illma. Dela Cour according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Etched dedication page to a book of ornament prints, 235 x 120mm. 9¼ x 4¾". One small hole to image. Margins chipped at lower left and right corners.
An armed putto on top of the lettered pedestal in a landscape; an obelisk/monument to left and classical statue to right behind, buildings in far distance. By William Delacour (fl.1740 - 1767), portrait, decorative and scene painter; presumably French origins; d. Edinburgh 1767. He is first documented as a scene painter for London theatres.
[Ref: 12151]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Charles Dibdin Esq.
Charles Dibdin Esq.
Painted by Thos. Philips. Engraved by Jn. Young Engraver in/Mezzotinto to his R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Septr. 1799. Published by J. Young, No.58, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. Platemark: 380 x 275mm (15 x 10¾"). Fine impression. Large margins. Laid on scrap border.
A portrait of British musician, songwriter, dramatist, novelist and actor, Charles Dibdin (1745 - 1814). Seen half-length slightly to left within rectangular frame, eyes to front, wearing a dark, unbuttoned coat over a light waistcoat and cravat. Dibdin was successful in a number of fields and was notably the manager of Sadler's Wells and various other theatres. With regards to his song writing, he is best known for his nautical songs, in spite of the fact that he was only at sea for one brief voyage. Dibdin idealized sailors and wrote of them as noble heroes with faithful sweethearts and wives. His songs were popular not only in England, but in Canada and America before and during the American Revolution and during the War of 1812. He became one of the most celebrated songwriters in Britain.
Chaloner Smith 17.II.
[Ref: 34902]   £420.00  
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Drury Lane Theatre.
Drury Lane Theatre.
Pugin & Rowlandson del.t et sculp.t. J. Bluck, Aquat.
London. Pub 1st Aug.t 1808 at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts 101, Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint. 240 x 285mm (9½ x 11¼") very large margins.
An interior view of the Drury Lane theatre filled with an audience watching a performance in progress. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is the most recent in a line of four theatres which were built at the same location, the earliest of which dates back to 1663, making it the oldest theatre site in London. Published in Ackermann's famous work, the 'Microcosm of London', the figures were drawn by the famous caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson and the architecture by Augustus Pugin.
Abbey, Scenery: 212.
[Ref: 58202]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Farren.
Miss Farren.
T. Lawrence Pinxt. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t R.A. Engraver to his Majesty.
Publish'd Jan.y 1. 1792 by Bull & Jeffryes Ludgate Hill London
Stipple engraving, 560 x 360mm. 22 x 14".
Elizabeth (née Farren, 1759-1829), actress. She performed most frequently at the Drury Lane and Haymarket theatres following her London debut in 1777. In 1797 she married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby, by whom she had a son and two daughters. Thomas Lawrence's portrait (from which this engraving was made) was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1790 with the catalogue description 'Portrait of an Actress', to which Farren took exception. The portrait is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NPG D17080.
[Ref: 12822]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione. Winter's Tale, Act V.
Miss Farren in the Character of Hermione. Winter's Tale, Act V.
Johann. Zoffany pinxt. E: Fisher Sculpt.
Publish'd July 15th: 1781, by Mess:rs Sayer & Bennett, Printsellers, No: 53, Fleet Street, & E. Fisher, No.11, Ludgate Street.
Mezzotint. Plate 603 x 406mm. 23¾ x 16". Creasing and repaired tear lower left, and centre left. Creasing to upper right corner. Damaged but still charming image.
Elizabeth Farren (1759-1829), actress and Countess of Derby. She performed most frequently at both the Drury Lane and Haymarket Theatres following her London debut in 1777. Here she is seen as Hermione in Shakespeare's "A Winter's Tale".
Harvard: 21.p.359. CS: 17, ii of ii. From the Stapleford Park Collection.
[Ref: 19625]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Fete Du 14 Juillet An IX.
Fete Du 14 Juillet An IX. Vue des 3 Theatres construits aux Champs Elysees dans le Carre Marigny; Sur les quels on a Celebre aussi la Fete du 1.er Vendemiare An X.
A Paris chez B[as]set M.d d'[e]stampes et Fabriquant de Papiers Peints rue St.t Jacques, au coin de celle des Mathurins, No. 670. [n.d., c.1802].
Hand coloured engraving, plate 275 x 445mm (10¾ x 17½"), with margins. Slightly crea top right. Abrasions in publication line.
A view of a large crowd watching acrobatic, musical and theatrical entertainment happening in the three theaters built on the Champs-Élysées in the Marigny square. With a firework in the shape of a Masonic (a five pointed star) symbol lighting up the sky. In celebration of the national holiday of July 14 (25 Messidor) 1801 organized in Paris, by the architect Chalgrin, to commemorate the storming of the Bastille in 1789. They were reused on September 23, 1801 (1st Vendémiaire, year X) for the celebrations of the anniversary of the founding of the Republic in 1792.
[Ref: 57436]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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A Front Box.
A Front Box.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Image 151 x 95mm. 6 x 3¾". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
Probably the Royal Family.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14430]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Margins; good impression; tipped into album page.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32882]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred.
Painted, Etch'd & Sold by Tho. Worlidge, at his House in the little Piazza Covent Garden.
[1752]
Etching, platemark 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Large margins; good impression.
David Garrick in James Thomson's play 'Tancred and Sigismunda', which he acted at Drury Lane in 1752. The painter and printmaker Thomas Worlidge, who lived in Covent Garden and painted several portraits of the actors working in the nearby theatres, painted at least three of Garrick in this role (Garrick Club, Victoria & Albert Museum, and a private collection). Worlidge also made another, full-length etching of Garrick in a different pose. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
W79; D80; for Worlidge's other etching of Garrick see ref. 7478. Information from V&A website. Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32881]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Globe on the Banke Side, where Shakspere acted. From the long Antwerp view of London in the Pepsyian Library...[&]
The Globe on the Banke Side, where Shakspere acted. From the long Antwerp view of London in the Pepsyian Library...[&] William Kempe the original Performer of Dogberry in Much ado about Nothing. From a Wooden cut Prefixed to Kempes Nine Daies Wonder 4.to. 1600.
[n.d., c.1813.]
Two engravings on one sheet, with large margins. J. Whatman watermark 1813. Sheet: 275 x 450mm (10¾ x 17¾").
Two nineteenth century engraved copies of early seventeenth century woodcuts, one showing the famous Globe Theatre, the second showing Elizabethan actor William Kempe (d.1603) in the role of Dogberry.
[Ref: 42038]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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The Globe on the Bancke Side, where Shakspere acted.
The Globe on the Bancke Side, where Shakspere acted. From an Old View of London published in 1579.
James Coleman, Heraldic and Genealogical Bookseller. 22 High Street, Bloomsbury, London W.C. on William Shakspeare's Birth-day: 23rd April 1864.
Woodblock. Sheet size: 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼").
A commemorative etching celebrating the birth of William Shakespeare, depicting the Globe Theatre, published as part of catalogue XXXIV by James Coleman, 1864.
[Ref: 37824]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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James Greenacre. Sarah Gale
James Greenacre. Sarah Gale
[Anon., c.1837]
Etching with very fine hand-colouring, sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Very rare; 'Webster Collection' stamp verso.
James Greenacre (1785-1837), murderer, and his mistress Sarah Gale. Greenacre owned a large grocery shop on Old Kent Road, where he displayed political pamphlets. He was known for his radical opinions and as an associate of Arthur Thistlewood narrowly escaped arrest for involvement in the Cato Street conspiracy. After a spell in America Greenacre returned to London in 1835 and rumours began to circulate: he was accused of murdering a child, and of drugging a woman to procure an abortion, but both cases foundered for lack of evidence. In 1836 Greenacre advertised for a partner to help him exploit and develop the washing machine he had invented while in America, and a washerwoman named Hannah Brown agreed to go into business with him. On 24 December 1836 (the day before she was due to become his fifth wife) he murdered her, cut up the body and disposed of the pieces in various parts of London. On 24 March 1837 Greenacre and Gale were arrested in Kennington as they were preparing to set sail for America. Greenacre insisted Gale had not known about the murder, and she was transported to Australia, where she died in 1888. Greenacre, however, was hanged on 2 May 1837 in front of some 20,000 spectators at Newgate. He enjoyed posthumous celebrity: his head was examined by phrenologists, a waxwork effigy of him was displayed at Madame Tussauds, and plays about his life were performed at theatres.
Kivell & Spence: Pg 121.
[Ref: 37080]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[His Majesty's Theatre] The Opera House.
[His Majesty's Theatre] The Opera House.
Drawn & Engraved by Daniel Havell.
London, Published by J. Taylor, High Holborn, 1826.
Rare etching and aquatint. 160 x 250mm (6¼ x 9¾"). Printer's(?) crease into right side of plate.
Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. The name of the theatre changes with the sex of the monarch. The theatre was established by architect and playwright John Vanbrugh, in 1705, as the Queen's Theatre. It first became the King's Theatre in 1714 on the accession of George I. It was renamed Her Majesty's Theatre in 1837. After 1709, the theatre was devoted to Italian opera and was sometimes known informally as The Opera House. Numbered 'Plate III' upper right. From Edward Wedlake Brayley's 'Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London ... Illustrated with a view of each theatre ... drawn and engraved by the late Daniel Havell' (1826)
Abbey 227, 3. BL Cup.402.i.8.
[Ref: 21618]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Galerie Des Artistes Dramatiques De Théatres Royaux de Bruxelles. L. Jansenne, 1er. Tenor Leger D'Opéra Comique (Rôle de Bénédic dans l’Ambassabrice)___1840-41
Galerie Des Artistes Dramatiques De Théatres Royaux de Bruxelles. L. Jansenne, 1er. Tenor Leger D'Opéra Comique (Rôle de Bénédic dans l’Ambassabrice)___1840-41
Baugniet del. Imp. de P. Degobert. Déposé.
Th. Randon, Edr. Baugniet 1841 [facsimile inside image area.]
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic. Publisher's Blindstamp top left-hand corner. 304 x 220mm. 12 x 8¾". Some creasing to the left-hand corners.
Louis Jansenne [1809-?] was a tenor and director to the French Theatre. His debut came in 1834 at the Opera Comique. In 1839 he left Paris for the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels where he became co-Director.
[Ref: 13938]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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[Five plates of the set 'Six beautiful landskips drawn from nature by Richards'.]
[Five plates of the set 'Six beautiful landskips drawn from nature by Richards'.] [A Farm and View near the River Ex in Devonshire.] [&] [A View of Part of the River Trent Nottinghamshire.] [&] [A Cottage by the New River near Hornsey Middlesex.] [&] [The Herdsman with a View of Part of Wakefield Out Wood Yorkshire.] [&] [A View of the Marsh Lands with the River Lee in Essex.]
Richards delin. Peltro sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs. [London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, Map, Chart and Printsellers, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the Act directs, Oct.r 1st 1784.]
Five etchings [of six], scratched-letter proofs before titles. Each 165 x 215mm (6½ x 8½"). Slightly foxed.
Five landscapes by John Inigo Richards (1731-1810), a scene painter for London theatres and a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768. As their secretary 1788-1810 he had an apartment in Somerset House. When his brother-in-law, Thomas Wignell, proposed building a theatre in Philadelphia Richards obtained Thomas Greenway’s plans for the Theatre Royal, Bath, which was used to build the 'New Theatre' (later renamed the Chestnut Street Theatre). This was the first purpose-built theatre in North America. American interest.
See BM: 1852,1009.1003 for published states.
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Liverpool.
Liverpool.
London, Publish'd Decr. 1, 1804, by T. Woodfall, Villiers St. Strand.
Hand coloured aquatint, sheet 200 x 250mm. 7¾ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate.
The theatre at Liverpool. Plate to 'The Theatric Tourist; being a genuine collection of ... views, with brief ... accounts of all the principal provincial theatres in the United Kingdom. By a Theatric Amateur (James Winston).'
Abbey Scenery: 29, 16.
[Ref: 11538]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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London.
London.
Printed in the Year 1683.
Two engravings, trimmed and conjoined, laid on album sheet. Total printed area 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½").
An amalgam of two engraved titlepages. Above are the arms of Charles II on an architrave; below is a stylised prospect of London from the south, with an odd Pre-Fire Norman St Paul's Cathedral and three theatres grouped close together on the South Bank, including Shakespeare's Globe.
[Ref: 61728]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Loutherbourg.
Loutherbourg.
Eng.d by Page from the Original Picture in the Possession fo Mrs. Loutherbourg.
Published as the Act directs, Aug.t 1.1814 by G. Jones.
Stipple, very large margins. Plate 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½". Creasing.
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) the English painter of German origin who became known for his elaborate set designs for Longon theatres and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the 'Eidophusikon'. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes'.
[Ref: 27013]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Tom, Jerry and Logic, in characters at the Grand Carnival.
Tom, Jerry and Logic, in characters at the Grand Carnival.
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, March 1. 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Stitch holes within plate. Cut to plate.
An acted representation of the 'Grand Carnival', at the English Opera House (the Lyceum Theatre), with the pit and stage thrown together and crowded with revellers. The characters include a tiny Richard III, imitating Kean, a Puss in Boots, a man in armour, a nun (being chatted-up by Tom) Jerry as a monk and Logic as an undertaker. From Pierce Egan's ' Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis', originally issued as a monthly journal at a shilling a time, illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792-1878).
Abbey: Life 281.
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[Mr. Mattocks.]
[Mr. Mattocks.]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp [m.s.]
Published as the act Directs July 1st 1779
Mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). A good first state impression with very large margins. Slight paper tone.
George Mattocks (1734/5-1804), singer and theatre manager. Initially a singer in Covent Garden and the provinces, Mattocks leased the Portsmouth theatre in 1771 and the following year leased the newly built Theatre Royal in Liverpool alongside the Covent Garden prompter Joseph Younger. They also took a twenty-one-year lease on the Manchester theatre in 1775 and Mattocks became involved with a Birmingham theatre in 1779. Mattocks concentrated on management but began to lose singing roles in London to younger performers, and in 1784 moved with his wife, singer and actress Isabella Mattocks, to the north of England. Younger died that year, leaving Mattocks in sole charge of the Liverpool and Manchester theatres, sustaining heavy losses. Isabella returned to performing in London and George was declared bankrupt in 1788 after which he worked in administrative positions at other theatres. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS ii/iii. For Isabella Mattocks see refs 36671-2
[Ref: 36676]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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Mr. Mattocks.
Mr. Mattocks.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Published as the act Directs July 10th 1779 by W.m Richardson No.68 High Holborn
Mezzotint, platemark 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression with very large margins. Glued to backing sheet along left edge.
George Mattocks (1734/5-1804), singer and theatre manager. Initially a singer in Covent Garden and the provinces, Mattocks leased the Portsmouth theatre in 1771 and the following year leased the newly built Theatre Royal in Liverpool alongside the Covent Garden prompter Joseph Younger. They also took a twenty-one-year lease on the Manchester theatre in 1775 and Mattocks became involved with a Birmingham theatre in 1779. Mattocks concentrated on management but began to lose singing roles in London to younger performers, and in 1784 moved with his wife, singer and actress Isabella Mattocks, to the north of England. Younger died that year, leaving Mattocks in sole charge of the Liverpool and Manchester theatres, sustaining heavy losses. Isabella returned to performing in London and George was declared bankrupt in 1788 after which he worked in administrative positions at other theatres. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallestein collection and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii. For Isabella Mattocks see refs 36671-2
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Mrs. Mattocks.
Mrs. Mattocks.
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn.
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Glued to backing sheet along left edge at corners.
Isabella Mattocks (née Hallam) (1746-1826), actress and singer. Born into a theatrical family, her father Lewis moved to America in 1752, having run into financial difficulties. He took his wife and other children but left Isabella in the care of his sister and her second husband, actor John Barrington. Isabella probably made her stage debut that year, aged five, appearing intermittently on stage until she joined the Covent Garden company aged sixteen, where she spent most of her career. She married the young tenor George Mattocks, who performed alongside her, in 1765. In 1784-6 Mattocks left Covent Garden to work in Liverpool and Manchester where her husband managed theatres, but the enterprises ruined him financially and she subsequently returned to Covent Garden, although she generally returned to Liverpool in the summers. Mattocks retired in 1808. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: Oettingen-Wallenstein collection, and collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 iii/iii; for George Mattocks see refs. 36676-7
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[Mrs. Mattocks.]
[Mrs. Mattocks.]
R. Dighton Pinx.t. R. Laurie Sculp.
Pub.d as the Act Directs March 1st 1780 by W. Richardson No. 68 High Holborn
Rare mezzotint. 155 x 115mm (6 x 4½"), a good impression, uncut. Annotations in ink verso (ex Suckling).
Isabella Mattocks (née Hallam) (1746-1826), actress and singer. Born into a theatrical family, her father Lewis moved to America in 1752, having run into financial difficulties. He took his wife and other children but left Isabella in the care of his sister and her second husband, actor John Barrington. Isabella probably made her stage debut that year, aged five, appearing intermittently on stage until she joined the Covent Garden company aged sixteen, where she spent most of her career. She married the young tenor George Mattocks, who performed alongside her, in 1765. In 1784-6 Mattocks left Covent Garden to work in Liverpool and Manchester where her husband managed theatres, but the enterprises ruined him financially and she subsequently returned to Covent Garden, although she generally returned to Liverpool in the summers. Mattocks retired in 1808. Engraved after a painting by draughtsman and singer Robert Dighton (1751-1814) by the mezzotint engraver and printseller Robert Laurie (1755?-1836). Music, instruments and mask (representing theatre) in title area.
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 1 ii/iii; for George Mattocks see refs. 36676-7
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Pas Noble dul.er ballet (M.r Montjoie)
Pas Noble dul.er ballet (M.r Montjoie) Dans la Lampe merveilleuse, Opera, (Acad.e R.le de musicque.) N.o8.
G.A. [within stone] [Auguste Garneray]. Lith. de G: Engelmann.
[Chez Martinet n.d., c.1822]
Fine hand watercoloured lithograph, sheet 230 x 160mm (9 x 6½"). Some foxing, trimmed.
A portrait of dancer Louis-Stanislas Montjoie (1789 - 1865) in costume in an operatic version of Aladdin. From 'Recueil des Costumes de Tours les Ouvrages Dramatiques représentés avec succès sur les grands théâtres de Paris.' Each issue contained 5 to 20 plates, lithographed by G. Engelmann after A. Garneray, A. Vizentini, A. Faure, H. Lecomte, Leprince, Albert, Fauconnier, Grandville, etc., depicting actors in costumes from plays, operas and ballets for the years 1819-1825.
[Ref: 58233]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Isaaco Newtono Equiti Aurato.
Isaaco Newtono Equiti Aurato.
P. Jos. Perrot invenit et delin:1 Lau: Cars Sculpsit.
Mac.S. [Paris: Basan, c.1737.]
Engraving. Plate: 650 x 410mm (25¾ x 16''). Small margins, central horizontal crease as normal.
An allegorical monument to famed mathematician, astronomer, theologian and physicist Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726), with a decorative border showing scientific aparatus. From Eugene Mac-Swiny's 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne'. Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. He also planned a series of historical pictures to decorate the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen.
W 2140.22
[Ref: 50886]   £520.00  
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Nicodeme. [&] Babichon.
Nicodeme. [&] Babichon.
L Vigee Pinx. Simon Duflos Sculp.
[French, n.d., c.1750s.]
Pair of etchings, each c.290 x 200mm. 11½ x 8". Several small filled holes.
Actor and actress dressed as characters from the Opéra Comique; in villagers' clothes, standing in a rural landscape. Opéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the tradition of popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne), which combined popular tunes with spoken sections. Four columns of verse in French as spoken by the character beneath each image. After portrait painter Louis Vigée (French, 1715 - 1767). Vigee presented three small paintings representing characters from the Opéra Comique at the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1751.
Not in Harvard.
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The Opera.
The Opera.
W. & J.O. Clerk lithog 202 High Holborn.
Published by T. Pewtress 67 Newington Causeway, & Ackermann & Co 96 Strand [n.d., c.1840].
Finely hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, sheet 365 x 265mm (14¼ x 10½"). Some staining.
A young lady in her box at an operatic performance; leaning on the parapet, she holds an opera glass in her gloved right hand.
[Ref: 22593]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Pierrot.
Pierrot. Collection Grevin.
[***] Londres, S. Miller, 37 Tavistock St. Imp. Becquet à Paris. pv. [n.d., 1870]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 315 x 240mm (12¼ x 9½"). Toning in margins.
A traditional pierrot, dressed in white with a black mask over his eyes and nose. Miller published 'Costumes de théâtre: catalogue des collections des costumes de théâtres' in 1894.
[Ref: 38829]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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A Perspective View of the Poor House of Edinburgh as it now Stands unfinished.
A Perspective View of the Poor House of Edinburgh as it now Stands unfinished.
The Hon.ble John Elphinstone Esq.r Engineer delin.t Parr Sculp.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 210 x 330mm (8¼ x 13").
The Edinburgh Charity Poorhouse in Port Bristo was built in 1739-1743 by Samuel Neilson, mason, and William McVey and James Heriot. It was financed by voluntary subscriptions. Funds for its operation were raised by a variety of means such as a tax on the valued rents of the city, collections at church doors, charitable donations and other contributions including and annual benefit play at one of the city’s theatres. It was a substantial establishment that, in 1777-8, could accommodate 484 adults and 180 children.
[Ref: 30776]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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William Powell.
William Powell.
Lawranson delin. J. Dixon fecit.
London, Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Aug.t 1. 1769. & Sold by J. Goldar N.º 187. te Corner of Cliffords Inn Passage Fleet Street.
Rare mezzotint. 325 x 230mm (12¾ x 9"). Trimmed to image on three sides, some creasing, wear to inscription area, mounted on lined album paper. Damaged.
Half-length portrait in oval of actor William Powell (1735-69), who premiered at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1763, purchased a share in Covent Garden Theatre in 1767 and played at both the Jacob's Well and King Street Theatres in Bristol. He died young, having caught a cold playing cricket.
CS 229, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 63178]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of the Ranelagh House and Gardens, with the Rotunda at the time of the Jubilee Ball.
A View of the Ranelagh House and Gardens, with the Rotunda at the time of the Jubilee Ball. [French translation to right.]
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil, & Carington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. [n.d. c.1780.]
Etching, 175 x 270mm. 7 x 10½".
Ranelagh Gardens, adjoining the Wren's Pensioner's Hospital, became popular as a place to escape the city and take in the cleaner air in Chelsea. Balls, concerts, dinners and of course gossip were shared here almost daily. It quickly exceeded Vauxhall in popularity, but it's popularity waned until the season of 1804 when the fashionable set abandoned it entirely. Shown here during a costume ball on May 24th 1759 to mark the Birthday of George Prince of Wales, the future George III. From a series of reduced views in London, numbered '11a' upper right.
From the Capper Album.
[Ref: 10899]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Regency Theatre.
Regency Theatre.
Drawn & Engraved by Daniel Havell.
London, Published by J. Taylor, High Holborn 1826.
Etching and aquatint, rare, 145 x 225mm. 5¾ x 9". A fine impression, with full margins. Crease through upper right margin.
The theatre and adjoining buildings on Tottenham Street, Tottenham Court Road, London. Numbered 'Plate XI' upper right. From Edward Wedlake Brayley's 'Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London ... Illustrated with a view of each theatre ... drawn and engraved by the late Daniel Havell' (1826)
Abbey 227, 11. BL Cup.402.i.8.
[Ref: 21620]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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La France de nos jours.
La France de nos jours. No. 53 Vue du Thèatre, A Rennes.
Asselineau del.t et lith. Imp. Destouches, rue Paradis P.re 28.
Paris, F. Sinnett, Editeur, Passage Colbert. [n.d., c.1845.]
Chromolithograph. Sheet: 310 x 445mm (12 x 17½'').
A view of the theatre in Rennes.
[Ref: 49602]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Revue des Théâtres de Campagne.
Revue des Théâtres de Campagne. Ah! Quel plaisir..... ah! quel plaisir. Ah quel plaisir d'ête Soldat. (Dame Blanche.)
Lith. de Gobert et C.ie.
A Paris, chez Genty, Editeur, rue St Jacques No 33. [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 270 x 355mm (10½ x 14").
A cockerel, monkey and cat dressed in 'Scottish Highland' dress for a production of the opera 'La Dame Blanche', based on episodes from no fewer than five works of the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, including his novels Guy Mannering (1815), The Monastery (1820), and The Abbot (1820). First performed in 1825, an English production was staged as 'The White Lady' at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1826 and the U.S.A. the following year.
[Ref: 54319]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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