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Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians
Title
[Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic] / F. Zuccarelli invt. ; G. Vitalba sculp.
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1788]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 26 x 26 cm, on sheet 30.2 x 26 cm
Notes
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.
Summary
"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.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 16, 2024
Genre/Form
Ephemera.
Tickets.
Etchings - England - London - 1788.
Engravings - England - London - 1788.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Embossed stamps (Provenance)
Watermarks (Paper)
Also listed under
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
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