The Earliest Painting of Cinema in the World, by Walter Richard Sickert

‘We’re looking at the interior of the Old Mogul music hall, where a crowd is watching what is probably a Western,’ explains Hidderley, picking out the shadowy forms of Sickert’s cinema audience — some sitting on the backs of their seats, craning to get the best view of the screen.

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