Grade 11/12 Art - Day 33 " London Street Scene with Posters"

In today's painting study, we view the work of a lesser known artist. What makes this painting special is that it is a living record of a place and time in London's history. This corner is "in the dishevelment of transition which is a continual condition of the capital - the dome of St. Paul's, however lending an assurance of permanence beyond" (David Piper, Artist's London). 

Though photography existed at this time, this painting is a far more vivid recollection of this place and time. Here are a listing of the partial or complete posters hung on this wall:

• THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII EVERY EVENING - white text on black
• Vauxhall / M????Y / W????????AY / ??????????? - overlaid by other posters
• HAVE YOU SEEN THE ILLUSTRIOUS FLEAS? - black on red
• SPLENDID NEW COACH / COMET! / In 24 Hours / LIVERPOOL / EVERY MORNING AT 9 / Bull & Mouth / MAN.../EVE.../REG...
• - Bull & Mouth was a London Coaching inn
• FRENCH PLAYS / VKRTPRE... / BENEFIT / MAY 10
• THAMES / TUNNEL
• - possibly the Thames Tunnel, which at the time was walled off
• MR MATHEWS / AT HOME / (unclear) / ADELPHI THEATRE
• - "Mr. Mathews At Home with His Comic Annual" by Charles Mathews first performed at the Adelphi in 1833
• JERUSALEM / IS NOW / OPEN - overposted with unclear HARLEY
• HARLEY / THIS EVENING / THE SLAVE / ... / GRAND CONCERT
• ST. JAMES THEATRE / JOHN PARRY / ... / THE SHAM PRINCE / .... / ??? VERY EARLY
• John Orlando Parry's father John Parry (known as Bardd Alaw) composed The Sham Prince
• - black text possible reads "HAVE YOU SEEN ..."
• ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE / TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS - NATIVE TALE
• / NOURJAHAD! / MOUNTAIN SYLPH / HERMANN! / EVERY EVENING
• SPREAD EAGLE
• PARIS - white on red, rest is overposted
• OTELLO - being pasted up over:
• - black text on blue paper possibly reads "...DEN / ... OF / L'ESTOCQ / .... EVENING"
• - black text on beige paper possibly reads "... SOLD A FEMALE DONKEY ..."
• ... / SHADOW on the WALL / ...
• VESTRIS / ... / ... / THIS EVENING! / THE POWERFUL AND MAGNIFICENT STEAM COMP / FAVORITE / OSTEND
• - possibly Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
• ????LANE. / ...SPECTACLE / ... ?RTHUR / ... EVENING - blue background, possibly KING ARTHUR
• - black text on white possibly reads "FRENCH PLAYS / Olympic Theatre"
• ADELPHI THEATRE / EXTRAORDINARY HIT / THE LAST DAYS OF / POMPEII! / - overposted
• - written by John Baldwin Buckstone and performed in 1834
• ADELPHI / ROBERT MACAIRE / TOM & JERRY / THE CHRISTENING!! / !!!!!! / EVERY EVENING
• - Robert Macaire is possibly the play composed by George Rodwell and performed in 18341834
• - Tom and Jerry composed by G. W. Maddison in 1821, George Herbert 1822, performed by William Thomas Moncrieff in 1821, 1822, 1823, 1834, 1841, 1843
• - The Christening written by John Baldwin Buckstone and performed in 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1839
• ????? THEATRE / BRAHAM / M?HARLEY / OBERON / ... / TOM ???MB / .east ... / ... / .ATERMAN / .RA DIAVOLO
• - possibly John Braham's St. James's Theatre, which supposedly opened 1835-12-14
• TWO LECTURES - overposted by:
• BULL- / MOUTH!!! / BAR - first two lines white on black, BAR in red on white, probably the Coaching inn Bull and Mouth