Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 2: Contending for a Seat, Theodore Lane, ca. 1835

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Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 2: Contending for a Seat, ca. 1835, Hand-colored etching, image: 8 15/16 x 7 5/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Theodore Lane (British, Isleworth ca. 1800–1828 London), Lower-middle-class theatergoers struggle here to secure unreserved seats in the pit at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, while being observed by refined audience members in private boxes above. Two men engaged in fisticuffs cause consternation to those nearby

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