Façade of the Criterion Theatre

• Image ID
  7228
• Image title
  Façade of the Criterion Theatre
• Description
  Black and white photocopied engraving showing the façade of the Criterion Theatre, plus caption text. The engraving is taken from opposite the theatre building. The stone façade is in three major bays. The central houses the main entrance within a giant semicircular arch; the flanking bays have niched statues and rise to pediments above the cornice; above the low attic, the roof features a row of dormer windows. Caption text identifies the architect as T[homas] Verity.
• Depicted theatre
  Criterion
• Depiction date
  8th July 1871
• Copyright holder
  not specified
• Creator
  R S Wilkinson