Benelux Architectural Models

Antique print titled 'Interior of the late Theatre Royal Drury Lane (..)'. Old print of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, as it was between 1794 and 1809 showing the tiers of boxes stage left and the chandelier-lit auditorium with a small party of visitors standing in one of the boxes, as if being shown around. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drury Lane. The building is the most recent in a line of four theatres which were built at the same location, the earliest of which dated back to 1663, making it the oldest theatre site in London still in use. According to the author Peter Thomson, for its first two centuries, Drury Lane could "reasonably have claimed to be London's leading theatre". For most of that time, it was one of a handful of patent theatres, granted monopoly rights to the production of "legitimate" drama in London (meaning spoken plays, rather than opera, dance, concerts, or plays with music). The first theatre on the site was built at the behest of Thomas Killigrew in the early 1660s, when theatres were allowed to reopen during the English Restoration. Initially known as "Theatre Royal in Bridges Street", the theatre's proprietors hired prominent actors who performed at the theatre on a regular basis, including Nell Gwyn...

Antique print titled 'Principal Front of Sandon'. Architectural elevation of Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. This print originates from 'Vitru...

Antique print titled 'Hoch-und Wohlgeboren dem Grafen und Herrn, Herrn, Moritz von Friess (..)'. Old engraving of the residence of Moritz von Fries, art collector and banker. This pr...

Antique print titled 'Dem Hochwürdigsten des heil Röm. Reichs Fürsten und Herrn, Herrn Christoph Franz Amandus (..)'. Old engraving of the residence of Christoph Franz Amandus, bisho...

Antique print titled 'Ara, o Base con Baccanali'. Plate XXXVI: A large, ornamental Bacchic altar or pedestal, with a relief in the centre showing a female sitting beside a reclinin...

Antique print, titled: 'Coupang: Ile Timor. Interieur d'une Maison Timorienne.' - ('Coupang, Timor Island. Interior of a Timor house'). View of the interior of a house...

Title: Antique print titled 'Elevation of the R. Hoble Earl of Chesterfields House (..)'. Old engraving of Chesterfield House, Westminster. It was a ...

Architectural models as these were made by apprentices or master craftsman to apply for a title by their respective guild. In France these craftsmen were known as the 'Compagnons du ...

Sculptural wooden Maitrise, France made of Fruitwood, probably a study of a wooden construction of a roof, great scale and remarkable details, great used Patina, 1920.