Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London: the auditorium
Architect/Designer | Novosielski, Michael (c.1747-1795) |
Artist/Photographer | Pugin, Augustus Charles (c. 1769-1832) | Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1791 |
Image Date | 1809 |
View | Interior |
Style | Neoclassical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | EW E.e.315/2 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Auditoria ; Opera houses ; Balconies |
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 59 NOTES: During the reign of Queen Anne the theatre was called the Queen's Theatre. From the accession of George I (1714) to that of Queen Victoria (1837) it was known as the King's Theatre. During the first decade of Victoria's reign (1837- 1847) it was known as 'The Italian Opera House' and thereafter until 1901, Her Majesty's Theatre. From 1901 until the accession of Queen Elizabeth II (1952), it was known as His Majesty's.
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