An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in mulitple impressions and states, mostly black and white, with some in sepia ink and colored inks. Mostly by Bartolozzi and his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, Edward Burney, E. Edwards, Smirk, L. Legoux, H. Bunbury, W. Hamilton, Robert Cooper, Topham, Angelica Kaufman, Anthony Pasquin [pseudo. of John Williams], M. Vdr. Gucht, A. Van Assen. Most engravings are untitled and undated; the dated tickets fall between 1776-1796 A few plates with printers and publishers named: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell. Occasional contemporary annotations, including the stamped initials "M. R."
"Cupid dressing as Hercules, standing, facing front, looking towards right, naked, holding a club and a lion head over his right shoulder, a bow in his left hand; in an oval medallion; 1785 restrike."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and On page numbered 27 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Publisher:
Publish'd May 25, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
"Letter-head for commercial correspondence; an allegorical female figure seated, with her right hand touching an escutcheon charged with a castle, with her left arm holding an anchor; on the right, ships in harbour; on the left, a church tower; a barrel and a box in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from annotation in pencil below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Date from Calabi and de Vesme., On page numbered 47 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils]., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; sheet 6.0 x 8.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to design.
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
Alternative Title:
Concert Room, Kings Theatre, Haymarket, May 179, St. Margaret's Church Wesminster, Thursday 31st. May 1792, and Whitehall Chapel, Thursday 8th June 1797
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration number C,3.95., and On page numbered 16 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Cul-de-lampe of a woman and two Spirits; a woman seated on clouds, holding two Spirits in form of naked children in her arms; the Spirit on the right, holding a enamel with both hands; the other Spirit on the left, seated facing back, counting coins; a bust of woman at extreme right; after Cipriani; illustration to the second volume of 'Marlborough gems' by Dr William Cole (1790-1791); proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue copy, Cf. museum registration no. 1852,0313.41., On page numbered 30 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils]., 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 11.6 x 13.2., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"The infant Bacchus, naked, sitting on top of a barrel, holding a vessel in his right hand; his left arm uplifted, holding a chalice; unfinished proof."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from Calabi and de Vesme., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 36 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Diana on the right, seated on a stone under a tree, receiving a ribbon lettered "Francisca Xaviera Nieto y Aguilar" from three women who stand on the left; in an oval within a rectangle; after Stothard..."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image., Date from another state in British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.387., Proof without finished background or lettering., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 10 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
