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. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1970.

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'Plate 20: Theatre Royal, exterior designs, 1791-4', in Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, (London, 1970) pp. 20. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/plate-20 [accessed 19 March 2024]

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

Figure 20c:

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

Figure 20c:

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

Figure 20c:

First, colonnaded, design, 1793

From a drawing in the Crace Collection in the British Museum, Views portfolio xviiii, sheet 67.