View of the Exterior of Astley's Riding School, in Westminster Road

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1875 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CURIOSITIES CONSISTING OF FACSIMILES OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS ANTIQUE PRINT. Before a permanent building was erected. From Original Drawings made on the spot by the late William Capon. In this manner appeared the outside of Philip Astley's Amphitheatre, on the Surrey side of Westminster Bridge. It was only of upright boarding over a frame-work of timber, and whitewashed. On the outside used to be hung, during the day, painted representations of some of the feats of tumbling and posture-masters. They used to exhibit on a temporary stage erected in the ride beforehand after the horsemanship. The representations of horses, &c. seen on the top of the building, were painted and cut out to the form required. You ascended from the road five,steps, which was to the level of the middle tier of boxes. There was a green curtain as shewn (at the doorway where Mr. Astley used to receive the money for entrance. The green price to the boxes was two shillings to the pit one shilling. The white painted posts and rails shown before the building on the side of the road, are; a part of those which were put all along the new distribution of the roads throughout the whole of St. George's Fields; and they diverged from the Obelisk, as a common center to all the then three Bridges. The ground of the Amphitheatre was on the original soil, of course much lower than the present road is. PUBLISHED DATE 1875, LONDON PUBLISHER CHATTO AND WINDUS ENGRAVED BY CHARLES JOHN SMITH F.S.A. IMAGE SIZE: approx 9 INCHES X 5 1/2 INCHES PAGE SIZE: approx 8 1/2 INCHES x 11 INCHES CONDITION Blank on the reverse side.Clear and Clean. Suitable ageing. Paper is on heavy card stock. This beautiful rare item would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures. Seller Inventory # 12293

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Title: View of the Exterior of Astley's Riding ...

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