Westminster Abbey admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd, 26th, 28th, or 1st of June, 1791 / [graphic]

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Title: Westminster Abbey admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd, 26th, 28th, or 1st of June, 1791 / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd ...
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Published / Created: [1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An admission ticket to the 1791 Handel commemoration held in Westminster Abbey, engraved with symbolic figures, one playing a spinet or harpsichord
Description: Title engraved above image.
With the signatures of Samuel Arnold and John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich; affixed with two paper seals in red ink, partially legible: one the seal of the Royal Society of Musicians, and the other the seal of Sandwich with the motto "Post tot naufragia portum." For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Myers; February 1956.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.3 x 19.3 cm, on sheet 29 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Commemorative prints
Engravings England London 1791
Admission tickets
Tickets
Material: engraving ;
Subject (Name): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
Subjects: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
England > London > 1791
Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802 > Autograph
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 > Autograph
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792 > Stamp
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain) > Stamp

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