A duett at the Hanover Square concert [graphic]

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Title: A duett at the Hanover Square concert [graphic]
Alternative Title: Duet at the Hanover Square concert
Contributor: Nixon, John, -1818, artist.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: Augst. 5, 1789.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Abstract: Two women stand on a balcony, mouths open in song and eyes cast downward at their music sheet. They wear corsetted dresses and feathered head wear. A satire of the duet performed by Harriet Abrams (1758-1821), the English soprano and composer, and her sister Theodosia (ca. 1770-1849), a contralto, on 9 May 1788 at Hanover Square Rooms. The piece performed was 'Gia che mia sposa sei' by Antonio Sacchini, and the occasion was the annual benefit concert for the tenor Samuel Harrison
Description: Title etched below image.
After a drawing by John Nixon, now in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London. The artist's "JN" monogram and "1788" date are etched within center left portion of image.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, Foundling Museum, London.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Laid down onto album paper, with a cropped portrait of an unidentified man on the verso: I. Hiresman pinx. ; M. Vdr. Guchta sculp.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; November 2022.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 16 x 9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English