Item 0283.03

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1) “Grand Fete and Theatrical Representation at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, in Honour of the Peace Plenipotentiaries” Provenance: Illustrated London News. London. April 26, 1856. No. 725 Volume XXVIII Unsigned illustration. News illustration in reference to celebrations in Paris honoring the 1856 Treaty of Paris, which settled the Crimean War between Russia and the alliance of the Ottoman Empire, British Empire, Second French Empire, and Kingdom of Sardinia.

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2) “Sadlers Wells Theatre” Provenance: “The Microcosm of London”, R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts (an illustrated British periodical published by Rudolph Ackermann). London. June 1, 1809. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus C. Pugin. Illustration of an unnamed production in the Sadler’s Wells Theatre. From “The Microcosms of London,” a series of views with figures drawn by caricaturist T. Rowlandson and buildings by architectural draftsman A.C. Pugin.

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents 4) “Royal Circus” Provenance: “The Microcosm of London”, R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts (an illustrated British periodical published by Rudolph Ackermann). London. May 1, 1809. Drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus C. Pugin. Illustration of the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy, established in 1782, which was renamed the Surrey Theatre in 1809. Shows one of the many circuses to provide entertainment to the people of London. From “The Microcosms of London,”...

Scope and Contents 5) “Cavallerizza Coperta della Reale Corte di Vienna” (trans. The Covered Riding School of the Royal Court of Vienna” Artist: Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, Italy Printed By: Johann Andreas Pfeffel, around 1740. Translation of Caption: “The covered Riding School of the Royal Court of Vienna, transformed into a salon by order of Her Majesty the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia on the occasion of the wedding of the most noble Prince Charles of Lorraine.This view shows one side of the hall more fully...

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6) Print of Japanese Theatre. Caption in Japanese down right side.

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7) Abstract print.