An admission ticket to the 1791 Handel commemoration held in Westminster Abbey, engraved with symbolic figures, one playing a spinet or harpsichord
Alternative Title:
Admittance either of the following days, May, the 23rd ...
Description:
Title engraved above image. and With the signatures of Samuel Arnold and John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich; affixed with two paper seals in red ink, partially legible: one the seal of the Royal Society of Musicians, and the other the seal of Sandwich with the motto "Post tot naufragia portum." For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. and Royal Society of Musicians (Great Britain)
Portrait bust, in profile to left, in a medallion with a laurel frame inscribed "Comm. G.F. Handel MDCCLXXXIV"; attached underneath, another medallion with a text inside "Sub ausp. G. III"; a young female angel, standing in profile to right, holding the first medallion with ribbons; in an oval with a palm leaves border; after E.F. Burney
Description:
Title, date of imprint, and plate number from impression in British Museum online catalogue., Upper right corner: "Pl. 1"., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: With a large ownership [?] stamp in lower left corner, a sphinx with a shield., Imperfect impression: trimmed to 19 x 15 cm with loss of imprint and plate number., and On verso in pencil: A. Ab. 310.