The dead shall live, the living die [graphic] : Handel.

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Title: The dead shall live, the living die [graphic] : Handel.
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
Published / Created: [1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: [s.n.]
Abstract: "Subscribers ticket to the Handel Centenary Commemoration held in Westminster Abbey in 1784; a woman seated on a lion, gesturing towards an obelisk behind her, that is inscribed 'Handel'; a cherbu by her side placing a garland on a pedestal; in oval with ribbion inscribed 'The dead shall live the living die', and on scroll between horsn and pipes, 'May 29 / Messiah / 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Sheet trimmed within design, resulting in loss of imprint.
Title from image.
Extent: 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; oval 16.0 x 12.2 cm.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Engravings--England--London.
Tickets.
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845

Access: Public
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