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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Chaos is Come Again ! 4 - 4 Feb 1791
Hand-coloured etching | 38.2 x 51.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810407
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A hand-coloured print of the Drury Lane Theatre collapsing. The Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, managed by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was demolished in late 1791 to make way for a larger building. Rowlandson’s print, made as news of the planned demolition was becoming known, shows the theatre tumbling down during the performance of a play. Inscribed in the plate: QUI CAPIT INVENt / ILLE HABET fec. / Pubd. as the Act directs by S. W. Fores Piccadilly Febry. 4. 1791
Provenance
Perhaps one of the prints acquired from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
38.2 x 51.5 cm (sheet of paper)
34.2 x 50.1 cm (platemark)
Featured in
ExhibitionHigh Spirits: The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Through the humour of Rowlandson’s drawings and prints, this exhibition examines life at the turn of the 19th century.
