Built in 1791 by William Taylor to replace the theatre burnt down in 1789 during evening rehearsals. The first public performance was in 1793 and the theatre was then the largest in England. The theatre was renamed Her Majesty’s in 1837 when Victoria came to the throne.
From The Face of London by Howard Clunn.
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Royal Aquarium, c1880
Piccadilly Circus, 1920
Looking north-east, September 6th 1920 at 6:15pm. From the motor bus and general traffic study of London, England, compiled by Lewis Nixon, Commissioner, Public Service Commission, 1st District, State of New York.
Photo from the New York Public Library and used with permission.
St James’s Royal Hotel, 1820
At number 76 [Jermyn Street] stood until 1940 Hammum’s Hotel and Turkish Baths, opened about 1860 as the London and Provincial Turkish Bath Company. Hammum’s occupied the site of the former St James’s Hotel, and here Sir Walter Scott lodged for some time after his return from the continent in 1832, setting out on 7 July for Abbotsford, where he died on 21 September.
From The Face of London by Howard Clunn
