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Judas Maccabaeus
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, born 1820 - died 1877 - Enlarge image
Judas Maccabaeus
- Object:
Admission Ticket
- Place of origin:
England (printed)
- Date:
1857 (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, born 1820 - died 1877 (designer)
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, born 1820 - died 1877 (printmaker) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithography and letterpress
- Museum number:
21032:14
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case GG, shelf 68, box BII
Physical description
An unused one guinea, north stall, ticket for admission to Judas Maccabaeus at the Crystal Palace Grand Handel Festival, 17th June 1857. Text information presented within in a decorative general-purpose Passe-partout frames by Wyatt, printed in brown with gold and blue colouring, featuring; foliage, musical instruments, personifications of Harmony and Melody and a portrait of Handel.
Place of Origin
England (printed)
Date
1857 (printed)
Artist/maker
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, born 1820 - died 1877 (designer)
Wyatt, Matthew Digby, born 1820 - died 1877 (printmaker)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithography and letterpress
Dimensions
Height: 10.6 cm Average size of a group of similar objects, 21032.12 to 21032.17., Width: 17.9 cm Average size of a group of similar objects, 21032.12 to 21032.17.
Descriptive line
An unused one guinea, north stall, ticket for admission to Judas Maccabaeus at the Crystal Palace Grand Handel Festival, 17th June 1857. Colour lithography and letterpress. Designed and made by Matthew Digby Wyatt. England. 1857.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Techniques
Colour lithography; Letterpress
Subjects depicted
Music; Borders (ornament areas); Portrait; Personification; Musical instruments; Ticket
Categories
Printed pages & sheets; Entertainment & Leisure; Ephemera
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
