C1890
Sketches in the New Bijou Theatre.
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Full Title:
Sketches in the New Bijou Theatre.
Date:
C1890
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Engraving.
Image Size:
202mm
x 305mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1890
Description:
1. Proscenium boxes, 2. Stalls entrance, 3. Portion of the ceiling ventilation, 4. Front of the dress circle, 5. A bit of the upper circle, 6. The Proscenium, 7. main entrance stair.
Engraved images of the interior of the new Bijou theater which was rebuilt a year later after the previous theatre was destroyed by fire. It cost £32,000 and built to a design by George R. Johnson for a more conventional three-level auditorium of stalls, dress circle and gallery, with seating for a total of some 1700.
From the original edition of the Australasian.
