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Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Jullien’s Promenade Concerts, nickel, m’ jullien’s promenade concert. admit one, rev. musical instruments and stand flanked by laurel wreath, 31mm, 12.93g (W 1106; MG 465). Very fine, rare £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt H. Simmons August 2001.

Louis-Antoine Jullien (1812-60), a portly showman, composer and impresario from Sisteron, France, formed an orchestra and conducted promenade concerts at Drury Lane theatre, and elsewhere, from 1840. His career in show business had finished by 1854