[20] Finished drawing for the auditorium, with a view towards the stage, c1789, unexecuted

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  - Haymarket Opera House, Pall Mall, London, unexecuted plans, elevations and sections for the opera house, possibly for Hon. George Hobart, c1789 (28)
    - Design and finished drawing for the auditorium, with a view towards the stage, c1789, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 47/4

Purpose

[20] Finished drawing for the auditorium, with a view towards the stage, c1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Axial section of the auditorium, with a view towards the stage, and of flanking wings to the east and west. As SM Adam volume 28/20, but with minor alterations

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet

Inscribed

Section across the Opera House shewing the front of the Stage with the Scenery behind (in pencil) / No 4 (in pencil)

Signed and dated

c1789
c1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including pink, Naples yellow, Indian yellow and verdigris within a single ruled border on laid paper (940 x 595)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 40
Sheppard, 1960, Volume XXIX, (i), p. 249
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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