Westminster Abbey [graphic] : admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd, 26th, 28th, or 1st of June, 1791 / Smirk invt. ; F. Bartolozzi sculp.

Published/Created:

[London]
[publisher not identified]
[1791]

Physical Description:

1 print : engraving ; plate mark 24.3 x 19.3 cm, on sheet 29 x 22 cm

Notes:

Title engraved above image.
Myers; February 1956.
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.

Abstract:

An admission ticket to the 1791 Handel commemoration held in Westminster Abbey, engraved with symbolic figures, one playing a spinet or harpsichord.

Variant Titles:

Admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd

Associated Names:

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815 [Printmaker]
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845 [Artist]

Topics:

Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792

Language:

English

Genre:

Admission tickets
Commemorative prints
Engravings -- England -- London -- 1791
Tickets

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

File 66 791 B28+

Orbis Record:

9772844

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr31109

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

11134797

PID:

digcoll:551723