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The Opera House: the Auditorium c.1787

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c.1787

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A watercolour of the interior of the auditorium of the King's Theatre (the Opera House) as seen from the stage. Michael Burden (Burlington Magazine, May 2019) has connected this watercolour with the rebuilding of the theatre in 1793, after a fire. The large scale of the drawing may indicate that it was a design by Biagio Rebecca for painted decoration on the interior. Rebecca was an Italian artist who had also worked at Carlton House. George IV, who acquired this drawing, was involved in the plans for the building, but purchased this drawing on the London market some years later.
Descriptive Medium: 'Watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic with pen and ink over pencil', 'pen and ink', 'watercolour painting'