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The Musical Entertainer Vol. I.

Print
1738 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Bickham, George (II) (designer)
Bickham, George (II) (printmaker)
Bickham, George (II) (printer and publisher)
Mondon, Jean (artist)
Place of origin
England (printed and published)

'Love's Bacchanal'. 'Half-sheet' of a musical composition from 'The Musical Entertainer Vol. I.' The music features a figured bass and lines for flute. The headpiece shows, in reverse, a setting copied from Jean Mondon's Sixième Livre De Formes Rocailles ... [etc.] 1736.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Printed Pages & Sheets
Music
Object type
Print
Titles
  • The Musical Entertainer Vol. I.
  • Love's Bacchanal
Materials and techniques
Etching and engraving print
Printing Ink
Etching
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
'Love's Bacchanal'. 'Half-sheet' of a musical composition from 'The Musical Entertainer Vol. I.' The music features a figured bass and lines for flute. The headpiece shows, in reverse, a setting copied from Jean Mondon's 'Sixième Livre De Formes Rocailles'. Designed, engraved, printed and published by George Bickham Junior. Great Britain. 1738.
Physical description
'Love's Bacchanal'. 'Half-sheet' of a musical composition from 'The Musical Entertainer Vol. I.' The music features a figured bass and lines for flute. The headpiece shows, in reverse, a setting copied from Jean Mondon's Sixième Livre De Formes Rocailles ... [etc.] 1736.
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 32.4cm
  • Plate mark width: 19.8cm
Style
Rococo
Object history
This is a representative plate from the publication 'The Musical Entertainer', reflecting French taste in rococo England.
Production
The headpiece shows, in reverse, a setting copied from Jean Mondon's Sixième Livre De Formes Rocailles ... [etc.] 1736.
Subjects depicted
Music
Music
Men
Table
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1192-1983

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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