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A woman in an opera box is using her opera glasses to peer across the theatre to see who is there. Etching after G. Cruikshank.

People living in opera boxes and using them as hotels during the Great Exhibition in London. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1851.

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People living in opera boxes and using them as hotels during the Great Exhibition in London. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1851.

A woman in an opera box is using her opera glasses to peer across the theatre to see who is there. Etching after G. Cruikshank.