Clearing Away the Rubbish of Old Drury - Original Print 1811 Ballet Memorabilia 75 x 2 inches

75 x 2 inches

A very rare autograph

surrounded by Mascagni

Gershwin: An American in Paris

Many are stamped on verso "Salzburg Pressburo" with the name of the opera

Clearing Away the Rubbish of Old Drury - Original Print 1811 Ballet Memorabilia 75 x 2 inchesOriginal engraving, a satire caricature by Charles Williams, Walker & Knight, 1811. Caricature on the rebuilding of Drury Lane theater, with laborers clearing away bricks and debris from foundations of the old theater. In the foreground, we see the chairman of the committee pushing a wheelbarrow, making comments, responded by one of the proprietors. Another original is in the archives of the British Library Museum, see more information here). Trimmed