Description of the Drawings: Theatre at Richmond, proposed building – Vintage Poster
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Description of the Drawings: Theatre at Richmond, proposed building
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Architectural drawings for a proposed theater at Richmond form the core of this item, presenting a building that was planned but whose construction the record does not confirm. Set documents like this one, which describe drawings for a building, typically recorded plans, elevations, and notes on the interior layout, so they show how a theater was imagined on paper before any stone was laid. Richmond had a theater fire in 1811 that killed many people, which prompted wider concern about public playhouse safety in the early 1800s. Whether this proposal responded to that event is not stated in the record, so viewers should treat that link as a possibility rather than a fact.
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,211 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114649 |
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