Lot Essay
The Coliseum, a huge rotunda, was built by Decimus Burton in 1824-7 to house a panorama of London. The limited interest in the panorama was such that the building was demolished in 1875.
Figures before the Coliseum and Cambridge Gate, Regents Park, London
Details
William James Muller (1812-1845)
Figures before the Coliseum and Cambridge Gate, Regents Park, London
inscribed 'Cambridge Gate'
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on grey paper
6 x 10in. (15.2 x 25.5cm.)
Figures before the Coliseum and Cambridge Gate, Regents Park, London
inscribed 'Cambridge Gate'
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on grey paper
6 x 10in. (15.2 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance
L G Duke Esq.
Exhibited
London, St Marylebone Public Library
Loan Exhibition, arranged by St Marylebone Society,
December 1957
Loan Exhibition, arranged by St Marylebone Society,
December 1957