The old price riots

Contending for a Seat etching

Hand coloured etching entitled Contending for a Seat, by Theodore Lane (1800-1828), ink on paper, published by Thomas McLean, London, about 1820s, Harry Beard Collection. Museum no. S.2556-2009. © Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Contending for a Seat etching

Taken from the series Theatrical Pleasures, this print shows a group of people fighting over a theatre seat.