Noonans
Auction 176 26 May 2020
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LONDON, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1793, uniface copper, two shilling gallery around th, date below, 34mm, 14.64g (W –; D & W –). Handling mark and scratch below monogram, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare; no others seen by the cataloguer £150-£200
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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection.
In 1792, owing to the cost of rebuilding, all gallery prices at the theatre were fixed at 2 shillings by Thomas Harris, the then manager, whose initials appear on this piece. Two other 1793-dated types have long been known (W 117 and 118) but stylistically would appear to ante-date the present piece
LONDON, Covent Garden, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1793, uniface copper, two shilling gallery around th, date below, 34mm, 14.64g (W –; D & W –). Handling mark and scratch below monogram, otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare; no others seen by the cataloguer £150-£200
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Provenance: F.S. Cokayne Collection.
In 1792, owing to the cost of rebuilding, all gallery prices at the theatre were fixed at 2 shillings by Thomas Harris, the then manager, whose initials appear on this piece. Two other 1793-dated types have long been known (W 117 and 118) but stylistically would appear to ante-date the present piece