Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1970.
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'Plate 20: Theatre Royal, exterior designs, 1791-4', in Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Edited by F H W Sheppard (London, 1970), British History Online, accessed April 4, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/plate-20.
"Plate 20: Theatre Royal, exterior designs, 1791-4". Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1970), British History Online. Web. 4 April 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol35/plate-20.
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The Theatre Royal, of Drury Lane, of 1791-4; Exterior designs. Henry Holland, architect

First, arcaded, design, c. 1792
Unexecuted arcaded design from an engraving by F. Francia of 1793 in the Crace Collection in the British Museum, Views portfolio xviii, sheet 68.
Unexecuted arcaded design

First, arcaded, design, with theatre shell omitted
From an engraving of a drawing of 1793 by Thomas Malton, reproduced by permission of Guildford Museum and Muniment Room.
Colonnaded design

First, colonnaded, design, 1793
From a drawing in the Crace Collection in the British Museum, Views portfolio xviiii, sheet 67.