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New Musical Fund

Admission Ticket
1808 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A subscription admission ticket, with removal print design, for a New Musical Fund concert at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket. The design shows a woman seated on a cloud holding a lyre and trumpet and resting her arm on an open book of music. Below is a check slip which 'will admit the Subscriber without the Print'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNew Musical Fund
Materials and techniques
Stipple engraving print
Brief description
Subscription admission ticket, with removal print design, for a New Musical Fund concert at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket. Stipple engraving print. Engraved by Niccolo Schiavonetti. Great Britain. 1808.
Physical description
A subscription admission ticket, with removal print design, for a New Musical Fund concert at the King’s Theatre, Haymarket. The design shows a woman seated on a cloud holding a lyre and trumpet and resting her arm on an open book of music. Below is a check slip which 'will admit the Subscriber without the Print'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.2cm
  • Width: 19.2cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Marks and inscriptions
  • NEW MUSICAL FUND (Along banner at bottom of design.)
  • Great Room King's Theatre, Thursday March 17th 1808. (Below image.)
  • N. Schiavonetti Junr fecit (At bottom of image.)
  • NEW MUSICAL FUND. / GREAT CONCERT ROOM, KING'S THEATRE, HAY MARKET, / Thursday March 17th 1808. / NB. This Check will admit the Subscriber without the Print. (Below printed design.)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Accession number
28689J

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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