Madamme Banti the celebrated dancer at Opera house & my Lord Pembroke [art original].

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Title: Madamme Banti the celebrated dancer at Opera house & my Lord Pembroke [art original].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created: [1794?]
Publication Place: London?
Abstract: The opera singer Madamme Banti engages in a jovial conversation with Lord Pembroke. Each holds a wine glass; a decanter sits on the table
Description: Title from inscription in design.
Date suggested by ms. note on mount.
Brigitta [Brigida] Banti is the stage-name of Brigida Giorgi.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: From the collection of C.W. Dyson Pezzins, D.C.L., F.S.A." Purchased from Alister Matthews, December 1958.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 19.8 x 17 cm, mounted to 31 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Watercolors British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: ink and wash with watercolor with wove paper ;
Subject (Name): Pembroke, George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of, 1759-1827
Subject (Topic): Opera singers
Eating & drinking
Drinking vessels
Subjects: Pembroke, George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of, 1759-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Opera singers
Eating & drinking
Drinking vessels
British > 18th century

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Citation: Thomas Rowlandson, Madamme Banti the Celebrated Dancer at Opera House & My Lord Pembroke. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.