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| Id |
7059 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
OPERA |
| Title |
Masquerades and Operas, Burlington Gate. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme |
| Publication Date |
Sepr. 1st., 1807 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
207 x 260mm. |
| Description |
Line engraving by T. Cook after the original by William Hogarth (1697-1764), coloured. A satire on the contemporary follies of masquerades put on by the impresario John Heidegger (1666-1749), Italian opera singers and their enormous fees, John Rich's entertainments at Lincoln's Inn Fields and the exaggerated popularity of Lord Burlington's protégé, the architect and painter William Kent. |
| Reference |
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| Price |
£25.00 |
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