The Boxes

Thomas Rowlandson

December 12, 1809 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

The Boxes — Thomas Rowlandson

A view of a narrow section of the auditorium of Covent Garden theater, with "pigeon-holes" along the upper margin, and the heads and shoulders of people in the pit below.

Artist
Thomas Rowlandson
Date
December 12, 1809
Medium
Hand-colored etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959