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Messiah

Admission Ticket
1857 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An unused, one guinea, north stall, ticket for admission to Messiah at the Crystal Palace Grand Handel Festival, 15th 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. Further information is given on the verso of the ticket.


Object details

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Object type
TitleMessiah
Materials and techniques
Colour lithography and letterpress
Brief description
An unused, one guinea, south stall, ticket for admission to Messiah at the Crystal Palace Grand Handel Festival, 15th June 1857. Colour lithography and letterpress. Designed and made by Matthew Digby Wyatt. England. 1857.
Physical description
An unused, one guinea, north stall, ticket for admission to Messiah at the Crystal Palace Grand Handel Festival, 15th 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. Further information is given on the verso of the ticket.
Dimensions
  • Average size of a group of similar objects, 21032.12 to 21032.17. height: 10.6cm
  • Average size of a group of similar objects, 21032.12 to 21032.17. width: 17.9cm
Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Accession number
21032:12

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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