Picture No | 10507197 |
Date | 27th November 1893 |
Description | Concert at Queen's Hall, London 1893 |
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The first smoking concert given by the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society at the then new Queen's Hall, Langham Place, in the presence of the Prince of Wales(later King Edward VII), Duke Alfred of Saxe Coburg, and the Duke of Connaught. The hall seated 3,000 people, and was lit throughout with eletcric light and gas.
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Source | Engraving by R. Taylor in The Illustrated London News, 2nd December 1893 page 689 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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