Description: Bath's first Theatre Royal (in Orchard Street) was granted a Royal Patent by George III in 1768. It was built by Thomas Jelly in 1749-1750 and was originally known as the Orchard Street Theatre. It was then a Catholic Chapel before becoming the Freemason's Hall or Masonic Hall. From "The Theatrical Tourist" by James Winston, 1805.
London. Published 1st March 1804 by T. Woodfall, Villiers St., Strand. Aquatint. See Image Refs. 12064, 41121, 42357, 45426 and 45429.