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| Id |
27349 |
| Category |
ephemera |
| Author / Composer |
BARTOLOZZI, Francesco (1727-1815), engraver |
| Title |
[Ticket] For the Benefit of Made. Banti. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
For Clementi & Co. |
| Publication Date |
[ca 1802] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
144 x 174mm. |
| Description |
Printed ticket comprising a stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a drawing by Edward Burney (1760-1848) depicting a female figure with laurel wreath tiara and a lyre, holding a cherub in her right arm with another cherub to her left, each holding a mask (one of tragedy and one of comedy), atop clouds. Possibly dating to 1802 when a benefit was held for Banti, during which she sang the role of Polifonte in Nasolini's Merope - her chief rival, Mrs Billington, joined her to sing the part of the heroine. |
| Reference |
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| Price |
£180.00 |
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