The stalls and boxes at the Royal Victoria Coffee Palace and Music Hall, Waterloo Road. The two singers were captioned as 'Burnt-cork Minstrelsy' referring to the blacking-up of white performers with burnt corks to portray black entertainers. These premises were leased in 1881 to Emma Cons, who initiated the Coffee Tavern movement, opening as a respectable establishment for entertainment with coffee and soft drinks. It is now the Old Vic Theatre. Engraving by G. Durand
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| Image type: | Engraving |
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| Ref: | 11178 |
| Identifier: | LBL/DAS/RL/1/1/p.4 |
| Date: | c.1881 |
#1876 - 1900 #Engraving #ENTERTAINMENT #FOOD AND DRINK #WATERLOO