“Astley’s Amphitheatre”, 1900s

3) “Astley’s Amphitheatre” Provenance: “The Microcosm of London”, R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts (an illustrated British periodical published by Rudolph Ackermann). London. January 1, 1808. Volume I. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus C. Pugin. Illustration of Astley’s Amphitheatre, opened by Philip Astley in 1773. Scene shows a circus performance in progress on the stage it was rebuilt in 1803 after one of several fires. From “The Microcosms of London,” a series of views with figures drawn by caricaturist T. Rowlandson and buildings by architectural draftsman A.C. Pugin.