The opera boxes during the time of the Great Exhibition

The opera boxes during the time of the Great Exhibition

Item Information

Title:
The opera boxes during the time of the Great Exhibition
Description:
Three tiers of opera boxes, the occupants using them as hotel rooms, some eating and drinking, some washing or shaving, others sleeping, some smoking, the parapets of the boxes ornately engraved with classical scenes.
Artist:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Publisher:
Bogue, David, 1807 or 1808-1856
Name on Item:
George Cruikshank
Date:
1851
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Book illustrations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
George Cruikshank (1792-1878). Prints and Drawings
Series:
Mayhew's Exhibition - 1851
Subjects:
Opera houses
Lodging houses
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 31 x 50 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
86 Fleet Street : David Bogue
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Cohn: 548
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Cohn, Albert M. "George Cruikshank: A catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1806-1877." From the offices of "The Bookman's Journal," 1924, London.
Notes (object):
Bound in a single folio, "Mayhew's Exhibition - 1851."
Identifier:
18_08_000051
Barcode:
36666000163432