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Harmonic Institution [Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864)]. 1828 Hand-Colored Print. London: Jones & Co. . 1828. An attractive hand-colored original lithograph, a view of the Argyll Rooms - the Harmonic Institution - in 1828, two years before it was destroyed by fire. Engraved by William Wallis (1796 -1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth century London. From Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830). Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 9 X 15 cm (approx. 3-7/8" x 6"). Paper edges a little rough, otherwise in very good and clean state.
"There were two Argyll Rooms in succession. The original building was opened in 1806 and pulled down in 1819 to make way for Regent Street and a new concert hall for the Royal Harmonic Instiution built by John Nash at the corner of Regent Street and Little Argull Street. It had a domed roof and seated 800. The Philharmonic Society have its inaugural concert in the original premises on 8 March, 1813. During its heyday it saw performances by Liszt, Mendelssohn and Weber, and was a notable source for the purchase of printed music. A fire in 1830 destroyed the building. The site is marked by the domed building next to 246 Regent Street in Little Argyll Street, now the Natwest Bank." (Susan Foreman, "London: A Musical Gazetteer," p. 26)
"There were two Argyll Rooms in succession. The original building was opened in 1806 and pulled down in 1819 to make way for Regent Street and a new concert hall for the Royal Harmonic Instiution built by John Nash at the corner of Regent Street and Little Argull Street. It had a domed roof and seated 800. The Philharmonic Society have its inaugural concert in the original premises on 8 March, 1813. During its heyday it saw performances by Liszt, Mendelssohn and Weber, and was a notable source for the purchase of printed music. A fire in 1830 destroyed the building. The site is marked by the domed building next to 246 Regent Street in Little Argyll Street, now the Natwest Bank." (Susan Foreman, "London: A Musical Gazetteer," p. 26)
Harmonic Institution [Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer. 1793-1864)]. 1828 Hand-Colored Print. London: Jones & Co. . 1828. An attractive hand-colored original lithograph, a view of the Argyll Rooms - the Harmonic Institution - in 1828, two years before it was destroyed by fire. Engraved by William Wallis (1796 -1855) from an original study by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, the master recorder of nineteenth century London. From Shepherd's series "Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century" (London 1827-1830). Steel line engraving on paper. Later hand colour. Engraved surface 9 X 15 cm (approx. 3-7/8" x 6"). Paper edges a little rough, otherwise in very good and clean state.
"There were two Argyll Rooms in succession. The original building was opened in 1806 and pulled down in 1819 to make way for Regent Street and a new concert hall for the Royal Harmonic Instiution built by John Nash at the corner of Regent Street and Little Argull Street. It had a domed roof and seated 800. The Philharmonic Society have its inaugural concert in the original premises on 8 March, 1813. During its heyday it saw performances by Liszt, Mendelssohn and Weber, and was a notable source for the purchase of printed music. A fire in 1830 destroyed the building. The site is marked by the domed building next to 246 Regent Street in Little Argyll Street, now the Natwest Bank." (Susan Foreman, "London: A Musical Gazetteer," p. 26)
"There were two Argyll Rooms in succession. The original building was opened in 1806 and pulled down in 1819 to make way for Regent Street and a new concert hall for the Royal Harmonic Instiution built by John Nash at the corner of Regent Street and Little Argull Street. It had a domed roof and seated 800. The Philharmonic Society have its inaugural concert in the original premises on 8 March, 1813. During its heyday it saw performances by Liszt, Mendelssohn and Weber, and was a notable source for the purchase of printed music. A fire in 1830 destroyed the building. The site is marked by the domed building next to 246 Regent Street in Little Argyll Street, now the Natwest Bank." (Susan Foreman, "London: A Musical Gazetteer," p. 26)