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Handel Commemoration Concert

Admission Ticket
1784 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Smirke, Robert (artist)
Haward, Francis (engraver)
Place of origin
England (printed)

Subscriber's ticket for a Handel Commemoration Concert of Messiah on 29th May 1784. For the 'West-Door'. A central ovoid design, featuring a woman and cherub next to Handel's tomb, framed with foliage and a banner. Etching and stipple engraving.
This ticket relates to the design E.1228-1948 in respect of the principal figure at the tomb but there are many differences.


Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Ephemera
Object type
Admission Ticket
TitleHandel Commemoration Concert
Materials and techniques
Etching and stipple engraving
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Stipple Engraving
Brief description
Subscriber's ticket for a Handel Commemoration Concert of Messiah on 29th May 1784. A central ovoid design, featuring a woman and cherub next to Handel's tomb, framed with foliage and a banner. Etching and stipple engraving. Designed by Robert Smirke. Engraved by Francis Haward. England. 1784.
Physical description
Subscriber's ticket for a Handel Commemoration Concert of Messiah on 29th May 1784. For the 'West-Door'. A central ovoid design, featuring a woman and cherub next to Handel's tomb, framed with foliage and a banner. Etching and stipple engraving.
This ticket relates to the design E.1228-1948 in respect of the principal figure at the tomb but there are many differences.
Dimensions
  • Platemark height: 24.9cm
  • Platemark width: 18.6cm
  • Image max height: 18.5cm
  • Image max width: 14.5cm
  • Sheet height: 29.2cm
  • Sheet width: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • THE DEAD SHALL LIVE (Top left in ribbon)
  • THE LIVING DIE (Top right in ribbon)
  • F. Haward, Sculpt. R.A, (Lower right oval border)
  • R: SMIRK, pinxt. (Lower left oval border)
  • HANDAL (Within oval)
  • May 29 MESSIAH 1784 (In ribbon below)
  • Publish'd 29th. May 1784. (Across bottom)
  • SUBSCRIBERS TICKET, West-Door. (Across bottom below platemark)
  • WEST/MINSTER ABBEY (Red stamp lower right)
Subjects depicted
Woman
Tomb
Cherub
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, 1991.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
21030:5

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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