Orpheus and Euridice [graphic]

Description

Title: Orpheus and Euridice [graphic]
Creator: Boyce, William, 1711-1779
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 9, 1743.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Engraved throughout, illustrated with etching at top of sheet.
For voice and harpsichord. Music on 2 staves with interlinear words. Additional two stanzas below. Part for flute at foot of page.
Opening words: When Orpheus went down to the regions below which men are forbidden to see ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, mostly cut off.
Provenance: Pirages ; November 1998 ;
Extent: 1 score ([1] p.) : plate mark 21.2 x 15.7 cm, on sheet 24 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Songs
Satires
Satires (Visual works) England 1743
Etchings England London 1743
Watermarks (Paper).
Material: 1 etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: notated music
still image
Subjects: England > 1743
England > London > 1743

Access: Public
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