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Auction 141  14-16 Jun 2017
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Lot 1161

Estimate: 40 GBP
Price realized: 70 GBP
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TICKETS AND PASSES OF LONDON FROM THE DAVID YOUNG COLLECTION (PART I)

TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Theatre Royal, First Theatre [1746], copper, by T. Pingo, bust of Duke of Cumberland right, gvlielmvs dvx cvmbriæ, rev. gallery, 33mm, 14.97g (W 99; D & W 15/172). About fine, scarce £40-60

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Provenance: Gift of A.H.F. Baldwin 1970.

The Covent Garden theatre was built by John Rich and opened in December 1732. Rebuilt in 1782 and enlarged 10 years later, the theatre was destroyed by fire in 1808 with considerable loss of life. Rebuilt for a second time in 1809, the theatre remained open until 1842, then closed for a further rebuild before opening as the Royal Italian Opera House in 1847. A second fire destroyed the structure in 1856, but it was rebuilt and reopened in 1858
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