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He spent much of his career in the Camden area of London and the Bedford Music Hall there became a frequent subject of his paintings, drawings and prints. The Bedford, which opened in 1861, was a popular place of entertainment where a host of stars performed, including 'Queen of the Halls' Marie Lloyd. The building was demolished in 1898 and replaced by a new, larger, Bedford with improved sightlines and electric lighting. Sickert painted and drew both theatres, often focusing on small sections of the auditorium. One view of the Old Bedford's gallery-goers, first painted in the mid 1890s, was reworked again and again, appearing in oil paintings, drawings, etchings and magazine illustrations. It shows a group of soberly-dressed men, who gaze down from 'the gods' on the right hand side of the composition and are reflected in a large mirror behind the ornamental plasterwork on the left. 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