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Edinburgh
Entertainment
1842
The Adverts below
were all taken from the Caledonian Mercury, 1842 |
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3 Jan |
Edinburgh
Zoological Gardens
Half
price: Admission 6d. Children 3d. |
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6 Jan |
Gordon's
British Diorama
Further
details
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8 Jan |
A
Model of The Battle of Waterloo
is
on view at 97 George Street, on a scale of about nine feet to the mile
and gives a complete and most vivid representation of the scene of
action and of the critical and well fought battle which has bestowed a
universal celebrity on the plain of Waterloo.
Admission
1s 0d, Children 6d. |
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10 Jan |
The
Edinburgh Society of Artists - 5th Annual Exhibition
At
8 South St David Street.
Evening Exhibition, lighted with gas 7 to 10:
Admission
1s 0d, Catalogues 6d, Season Tickets
3s 6d, Evening
6d. |
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5 Feb |
The
Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
16th Annual Exhibition for the Work of Living Artists
will
open at the Galleries, Royal Institution on Saturday 12 February
By Order of the Council: D O Hill, Secretary
Admission,
one shilling. Catalogues, sixpence
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5 Mar |
Association
for the Purchase of British Engravings
The
object of the Society is to cultivate a taste for the Fine Arts, and to
encourage native talent by the Distribution among its Members of
engravings ...
Subscription
5s |
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9 Jun |
Fire
Works at Warriston Park
Mr
Douglas begs to announce that the SECOND GRAND DISPLAY will take place
on SATURDAY NEXT the 11th June when a number of Magnificent Additions
will be brought forward for the first time on the occasion, including a
GOTHIC ARCH of FIRE of dazzling splendour ...
Admission
1s 0d, Children 6d. |
30
Jul |
Miss
Adelaide Kemble's Morning Concert
will
take place in the ASSEMBLY ROOMS at half past one o'clock
Tickets
10s 6d each, Family Tickets to admit three 25s
each |
| 3
Sep |
THEATRE
ROYAL - The Celebrated HERR DOBLER
Performance of NATURAL MAGIC including
THE MAGIC ILLUMINATION
Two
hundred candles Lighted by One Pistol Shot, by which the entire stage is
instantaneously illuminated.
Boxes
4s Pit 2s 6d
First Gallery 1s 6d Upper Gallery
1s Children half price
With this
type of entertainment, perhaps it is not surprising
that the Theatre Royal was destroyed by fire several times!
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| 17
Dec |
The
Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
17th Annual Exhibition for the Work of Living Artists
The
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
of the ACADEMY for the WORKS of LIVING ARTISTS
will open at
the Galleries, Royal Institution early in February 1843
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