Messiah
Admission Ticket
c.1823 (engraved)
c.1823 (engraved)
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Admission ticket for a performance of Messiah at the Birmingham Musical Festival. The central design showing a woman and a man either side of a stone plinth, that is decorated with a lyre, a wooden club and a snake, topped by a beehive. Etching and stipple engraving.
Object details
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| Title | Messiah |
| Materials and techniques | Etching and stipple engraving |
| Brief description | Admission ticket for a performance of Messiah at the Birmingham Musical Festival. Etching and stipple engraving. Anonymous. England. c.1823. |
| Physical description | Admission ticket for a performance of Messiah at the Birmingham Musical Festival. The central design showing a woman and a man either side of a stone plinth, that is decorated with a lyre, a wooden club and a snake, topped by a beehive. Etching and stipple engraving. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991. |
| Other number | 651 - ticket number |
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| Accession number | 28689D |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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