Watercolour drawings of theatres and other buildings in towns of the south of England: the original...
Watercolour drawings of theatres and other buildings in towns of the south of England: the original...
Watercolour drawings of theatres and other buildings in towns of the south of England: the original drawings for James Winston's Theatric Tourist, 1805, 1802
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1802
Call Numbers
PXB 13
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 albums (25 drawings) - 27.5 x 18.9 cm. - watercolour and pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Inside front cover. A series of pencilled calculations. Words such as “Christopher, Bath,” “Talbot, Bristol,” and “Gloster theatre is situate in Westgate Street, up a court.”
2. Coloured drawing of what look like shop fronts, facing the sea. Drawings of bathing machines. Pencilled in the margin, “Ryall, 4 Augusta Place, or 11,” and words such...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Watercolour drawings of theatres and other buildings in towns of the south of England: the original drawings for James Winston's Theatric Tourist, 1805, 1802
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature inside original front cover.
Digital order no:Album ID : 865463
Signature / Inscriptions
Drawings are unsigned, most are titled in pencil below image
Date note
Three drawings dated 1802.
Conservation note
Bound in Sept. 1944 and rebound into new covers in Feb. 1979.
Description source
A detailed description including list of contents with reproductions of some (pl. 6-13) of the drawings is in "More Drawings from Winston's Theatric Tourist" by Eric Irvin published in Theatre Notebook : a quarterly journal of the history and technique of the British Theatre, volume XIX, no. 2, Winter 1964/65, pp. 64-66. Contents list compiled fro...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 13
Record Identifier
npAdBKo1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/npAdBKo1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
430963
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