Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 152 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in multiple impressions and states, one in proof, mostly black and white, with one in sepia ink, mostly engraved by Bartolozzi or his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, E.F. Burney, B. West, L. Legoux, R.H. Cromek, H. Bunbury, Walker, Cook, Tresham, and Fittler. Most engravings are undated though some tickets are dated between 1778-1797; a few name printers and publisher: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell
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Title from printed t.p. with unsigned, undated engraving, mounted.
"Apollo; standing, facing front, holding a lyre in his left hand, raising his right hand; a banner above him, another beneath; in an oval; copy after bill-head by Bartolozzi who etched after Cipriani in 1780."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from image., Year from modern handwritten note in lower right corner., For earlier impression without title, Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy: no. 2 in Folio 75 B28 804., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 3 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].