People watching Richardson's Travelling Theatre on stage. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1816.

  • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
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1816
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32434i
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People watching Richardson's Travelling Theatre on stage. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1816. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Richardson's Theatre or Richardson's Show was a travelling fairground theatre founded in 1798 by John Richardson (1766-1836), which performed in London and the surrounding area in the early nineteenth century

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[London] : Pub.d at R. Ackermann's

Physical description

1 print : etching

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Richardsons

Reference

Wellcome Collection 32434i

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After a watercolour by Rowlandson dated 1811, sold at Christie's, London, "The Forbes collection of Victorian pictures and works of art", 19 February 2003, lot 187

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