[Design for a concert ticket] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Design for a concert ticket] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Concert Room, Kings Theatre, Haymarket, May 179
St. Margaret's Church Wesminster, Thursday 31st. May 1792
Whitehall Chapel, Thursday 8th June 1797 - Creator
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Proof of an engraving which was later used on tickets to multiple concerts including one at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, Thursday 31st. May 1792 (see impression in the British Museaum online catalogue), one at Whitehall Chapel, Thursday 8th June 1797 (see impression in the British Museaum online catalogue) and another at the Concert Room, King's Theatre, Haymarket, May 179[blank] (see impression in the Lewis Walpole Library). The image shows, on the right, St Cecilia seated, playing the organ; on the left, two winged figures standing; in an oval; below, a block of low-relief which depicts Charity and three children; a lion and a unicorn on sides of the relief; after Robert Smirke
- Description
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration number C,3.95.
On page numbered 16 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils]. - Provenance
- Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Holland Brothers, Birmingham; March 1958.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 21.9 x 19 cm, on sheet 35.7 x 27 cm
- Edition
- [Proof before letters].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 B28 804
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Art
Engravings England London
Tickets
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Cecilia, Saint
- Subject (Topic)
-
Angels
Charity
Music - Subjects
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Cecilia, Saint > Art
Angels
Charity
Music
England > London
18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11703840
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194538
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