The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, built n 1794.

The penultimate of several theatres on this site. Its enormous size is very apparent, but it burned down in 1809, after only a few years. From Wilkinson, Robert, Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historical Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement, and Modern Present Theatres, in the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster, 1872-78. Courtesy of Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University, Medford, MA.