Theatre de la Porte St Martin
1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Theatre de la Porte St Martin is a 1850 watercolor by Lake Price, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a grand theater building with a flat roof and tall columns at the entrance. People in old-fashioned clothes stand outside, some near a horse-drawn carriage. The walls look worn, with arched windows and decorative carvings above the stage doors. The artist used soft, muted colors and loose brushstrokes to capture the building’s details. The crowd and architecture give it a lively but slightly faded feel. Next, look up William Lake Price to see more of his urban scenes.
A watercolour by William Lake Price from 1850 shows the Theatre de la Porte St Martin, with the artist’s signature visible on the work.
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William Frederick Lake Price (1810–1896) was an English watercolourist and an innovator in mid-nineteenth-century photography.
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