The Prospect Before Us, Respectfully dedicated to those Singers, Dancers, & Musical Professors, who are fortunately engaged with the Proprietor of the Kings Theatre, at the Pantheon
The interior of the Pantheon, reconstructed as a theater, seen from the stage. Two opera dancers hold garlands of roses in the foreground. The theater is crowded with admiring spectators.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Prospect Before Us, Respectfully dedicated to those Singers, Dancers, & Musical Professors, who are fortunately engaged with the Proprietor of the Kings Theatre, at the Pantheon
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: S. W. Fores (London)
- Date: January 13, 1791
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 12 in. × 18 7/16 in. (30.5 × 46.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.421
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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