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| Ref No | POS/LDN SZG/0599555 |
| Collection | Playbill Collection |
| Title | View Of Naples, Eruption Of Vesuvius And Destruction Of Herculaneum And Pompeii In The Year 79 |
| Date | 31.8.1846-3.9.1846 |
| Extent | 1 playbill |
| Description | Bill advertising the "View of Naples, eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Herculaneum & Pompeii in the year 79 (by Danson)" and other entertainments at the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, from 31 August until 3 September 1846. |
| Notes | Mounted on cloth and then white paper in a pine frame |
| Entertainments include: The "Gothic Bridge of Statues," the "Zoological Department" with its "extremely extensive and valuable" specimens, Promenade Concerts, the "Calypso's Fairy Grotto," and an exhibition representing "the descent of Phoebus in the char |
| Also advertising the forthcoming concert by "the Boys of the Greenwich Hospital School with their splendid Band" and a "brilliant display of fireworks." |
| "Admittance - one shilling." |
| The Bridge of Statues is "Adorned with statues of the monarchs of England [...] Brilliantly illuminated at night with gas in rich bucket lamps." |
| "Signor Farinelli [...] descends to the bosom of the Lake, where a Naiad's Car receives him and bears him to his Chrystal Home." |
| Subject | Drama |
| PhysicalDescription | 753 x 510 mm |
| red and blue ink on paper |
| Related Person | Victoria, Queen of England, patron |
| Danson, Mr. |
| Godfrey, Mr., conductor |
| Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, composer |
| Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, composer |
| Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848, composer |
| Jullien, Louis, 1812-1860, composer |
| Farinelli, Signor |
| Southby, Mr., pyrotechnist |
| Related Organisation | Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens |
| Peel's Steam Press, printer |
| Related Place | Southwark, London |
| Naples, Napoli |
| Mount Vesuvius, Napoli |
| Category | Playbills |
| Level | Item |