Handel Commemoration Concert
Drawing
1784 (made)
1784 (made)
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Subscription ticket design for a Handel Commemoration Concert, Westminster Abbey. The design showing a woman and a cherub playing a horn either side of a bust of Handel. Line and wash drawing. Signed R.S. ie: Robert Smirke. Probably a preparatory drawing for 21030.5. shown below.
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Title | Handel Commemoration Concert |
Materials and techniques | Line and wash drawing |
Brief description | Subscription ticket design for a Handel Commemoration Concert at Westminster Abbey. The design showing a woman and a cherub playing a horn either side of a bust of Handel. Line and wash drawing. Signed. By Robert Smirke. England. 1784. |
Physical description | Subscription ticket design for a Handel Commemoration Concert, Westminster Abbey. The design showing a woman and a cherub playing a horn either side of a bust of Handel. Line and wash drawing. Signed R.S. ie: Robert Smirke. Probably a preparatory drawing for 21030.5. shown below. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Signed R.S. |
Credit line | Bequeathed by H. H. Harrod. |
Production | Signed R.S. ie: Robert Smirke. Probably a preparatory drawing for 21030:5. |
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Accession number | E.1228-1948 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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