An admission ticket to the 1791 Handel commemoration held in Westminster Abbey, engraved with symbolic figures, one playing a spinet or harpsichord
Alternative Title:
Admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd ...
Description:
Title engraved above image. and 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. and Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
Title, printmaker, artist, and date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits. Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity. and Annotation in ms. in right lower corner: April 12, 1797.
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1791]
Call Number:
Portraits M282 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1214); three-quarter length seated to right with her head in profile, resting on her left hand, a book in her right; seascape through window at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on published state: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, & engraved by the late J.K. Sherwin, Historical Engraver to his Majesty, & His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; finish'd since his decease., Publication information inferred from imprint on published state: London : Published June 4th. 1791 by Robt. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For published state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1838,0715.50.
Publisher:
Robt. Wilkinson
Subject (Name):
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of, 1756-1831,