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Covent Garden Theatre

Interior of the theater with the stage at right, and half the orchestra and pit visible, as well as three tiers of boxes and the lowest gallery. A performance is in progress on the stage with a man in Roman costume and woman in modern dress, the latter singing to the consternation of the audience. George III and Queen Charlotte are seated in the royal box.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959...

July 20, 1786
Hand-colored etching
22.5 x 45.1cm
59.533.195
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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