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Title:Partially Enhanced Sketch of Adelphi theatre, c1830
Description:Partially Enhanced Sketch of Adelphi theatre, c1830.  Frederick Yates made some changes around 1829. The theatre was renamed the Adelphi Theatre Royal. The Doric columns of the portico had more attenuated shafts and were placed on square pedestals. The drawing shows the front of the building, which is four stories high, stucco-faced, and is only two windows wide. On the roof is a triangular Greek pediment. The strange garden has disappeared from the roof of the portico.
Theatre:Adelphi
Source:The printed version is found in F. H. W. Sheppard’s Survey of London, 36, The Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden. (London: Athlone Press, 1970), plate 64b., Jan 1, 1830
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Review:The printed version is found in F. H. W. Sheppard’s Survey of London, 36, The Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden. (London: Athlone Press, 1970), plate 64b., Jan 1, 1830,
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In an attempt to make the image easier to see, it was enhanced using Denoise [Block PCA] feature of the G’MIC (GREYC's Magic for Image Computing) plugin for Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program).  Jérôme Boulanger is the author of the feature.

Due to the difficulty of seeing features in the c. 1830 sketch, I created a simulation of the Theatre's portico. TJS.

British history Online discusses an amateurish drawing http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=46127#s5 of the Adelphi dated c. 1825, but the title over the theatre would indicate c. 1830 or later.  Copyright restrictions prevent its being digitized. 1

In 1825, J. T. G. Rodwell died and was succeeded by his brother.  George Rodwell and Jones sold the theatre in August to Frederick Yates and Daniel Terry who made changes to the building.  The portico was screened by Doric columns with slender shafts standing on square pedestals.  The front of the Adelphi showed it to be four stories high but only two windows wide.  It was faced in stucco and surmounted by a triangular pediment and a chimney.

The Hampshire Hog was in place at 410 Strand at least by 1822 to the right side of the Adelphi Theatre.  They purchased insurance from the Sun Fire Office in 1822:  "MS 11936/493/987872 30 January 1822  Insured: William Robert Burgess 107 Strand  Other property or occupiers: the Hampshire Hog 410 Strand (victualler)." 2.

The shop on the left shows up in two of the sketches.  The shop is referenced in the 1823 Kent's London Directory 3 and in 1836, referring to a special quicksilver level:

The simplicity and strength of the instrument permit of its being thrown down, and rolled about without sustaining injury, and any rough unlettered man may use it with effect.  It may be had, we are informed, of Mr. Batt, Seedsman, 412, Strand, London. 4

References:

1. The printed version is found in F. H. W. Sheppard’s Survey of London, 36, The Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden. (London: Athlone Press, 1970), plate 64b.
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The National Archives, Records of the Sun Fire Office, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=074-sun_2-23&cid=-1&Gsm=2012-06-18#-1

3. Kent's Original London Directory: 1823, 91st Edition, p. 27, (Google eBook) http://books.google.com/books?id=RTIQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27
4. Hebert, Luke.  The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopaedia, Comprehending Practical Illustrations of the Machinery and Processes Employed in Every Description of Manufacture of the British Empire, Vol II., London, Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster Row, MDCCCXXXVI., pp 78-79, (Google eBook) http://books.google.com/books?id=JPKzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA79
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Originally published by Greenwood Press as The Sans Pareil Theatre 1806-1819, Adelphi Theatre 1819-1850: An Index to Authors, Titles, Performers, 1988, and The Adelphi Theatre 1850-1900: An Index to Authors, Titles, Performers and Management, 1992.
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