Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells.
Published Augt. 23, 1813, [bit later] by Jas. Whittle & Richd. H. Laurie, 53, Fleet Street, London.
Etching and engraving, 300 x 445mm (11¾ x 17½").
View of Sadler's Wells Theatre, showing a horse-drawn carriage and figures fishing along the river in the foreground. Sadler's Wells Theatre on Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell. Many famous actors appeared at the theatre, including Edmund Kean, and popular comedians such as Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837), originator of the painted clown. A tank under the stage could be flooded with water from the New River. This 'Aquatic Theatre' was used to stage extravagant naval melodramas, such as 'The Siege of Gibraltar'.
[Ref: 56116] £280.00
Etching and engraving, 300 x 445mm (11¾ x 17½").
View of Sadler's Wells Theatre, showing a horse-drawn carriage and figures fishing along the river in the foreground. Sadler's Wells Theatre on Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell. Many famous actors appeared at the theatre, including Edmund Kean, and popular comedians such as Joseph Grimaldi (1778 - 1837), originator of the painted clown. A tank under the stage could be flooded with water from the New River. This 'Aquatic Theatre' was used to stage extravagant naval melodramas, such as 'The Siege of Gibraltar'.
[Ref: 56116] £280.00