2-699-280 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Old Room at Evans's.', (1881). Interior at Evans's Hotel and Supper Rooms at King Street in Covent Garden, London. Originally known as the Thomas Archer House, it was built by Thomas Archer in 1712. In the early nineteenth century, Evans's was an entertainment venue for music and singing, the type of entertainment which later evolved into music hall. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]