THEATRE INTEREST: A FINE GROUP OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS TO INCLUDE: The prosenum of the old opera house in the Strand, 1817 by Robert Wilkinson. Theatre Royal in Portugal Street, Lincolns Inn Fields. Theatre in Tankard Street Ipswich, 1821. Interior of the Sans Pareil Theatre. Painted ceiling of the old theatre in Aliff Street, Goodman's Fields. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Drury Lane theatre. Surrey Theatre, Blackfriars Road. The Italian Opera House (her Majesty's Theatre). The Royalty Theatre. New Drury Lane Theatre. The Pantheon Oxford Street. The Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Large engraved page with theatre vignettes and other materials. Largest sheet 58cm x 41cm

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