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Plate 20
Theatre Royal: exterior designs, 1791-4

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English Heritage

Publication

Survey of London: volume 35: The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Author

F. H. W. Sheppard (General Editor)

Year published

1970

Supporting documents

List of abbreviations

Page

20

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'Plate 20: Theatre Royal: exterior designs, 1791-4', Survey of London: volume 35: The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1970), pp. 20. URL: http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=100255 Date accessed: 18 May 2013. Add to my bookshelf

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The Theatre Royal, of Drury Lane, of 1791-4; Exterior designs. Henry Holland, architect
Unexecuted arcaded design
Colonnaded design

The Theatre Royal, of Drury Lane, of 1791-4; Exterior designs. Henry Holland, architect


First, arcaded, design, c. 1792

Plate 20a: First, arcaded, design, c. 1792
Unexecuted arcaded design from an engraving by F. Francia of 1793 in the Crace Collection in the British Museum, Views portfolio xviii, sheet 68.

Unexecuted arcaded design


First, arcaded, design, with theatre shell omitted

Plate 20b: First, arcaded, design, with theatre shell omitted
From an engraving of a drawing of 1793 by Thomas Malton, reproduced by permission of Guildford Museum and Muniment Room.

Colonnaded design


First, colonnaded, design, 1793

Plate 20c: First, colonnaded, design, 1793
From a drawing in the Crace Collection in the British Museum, Views portfolio xviiii, sheet 67.