[Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic]

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Title: [Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic]
Creator: Vitalba, Giovanni, 1738-1792, printmaker
Contributor: Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788, artist.
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
Published / Created: [approximately 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image.
Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26 x 26 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Early works to 1800
Ephemera
Tickets
Etchings England London 1788
Engravings England London 1788
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Embossed stamps (Provenance)
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching and engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Charity
Musical instruments
Families
Dwellings
Subjects: Charity > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Musical instruments
Families
Dwellings
England > London > 1788
18th century