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* Atlee, James. ”Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight”. University of Chicago Press 2011. |
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* Roe, Sonia Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the City of London of London”. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2009. |
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* Wright, Patrick. ”Iron Curtain: From Stage to Cold War”. Oxford University Press, 2009. |
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 18 September 2025
Painting by Abraham Pether
Old Drury Lane Theatre on Fire is an 1809 oil painting by the British artist Abraham Pether. It depicts a panoramic view of London on the night of 24 February 1809, the night that the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane burned down during a major fire. It portrays the scene from a bridge over the River Thames looking eastwards with the skyline illuminated by the blaze. [1] The playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan who owned the theatre, reportedly watched it burn while drinking and quipped “a man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside“. The Times suggested it was the most major such event since the Great Fire of London. [2]
The painting is today in the collection of the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London, having been acquired in 1893.[3]
- Atlee, James. Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight. University of Chicago Press 2011.
- Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the City of London of London. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2009.
- Wright, Patrick. Iron Curtain: From Stage to Cold War. Oxford University Press, 2009.
