Loder's Edition of Handel's Songs

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Artist/Maker	Barrett & Barrif (designer) Barrett & Barrif (printmaker) Loder, John David (printer and publisher) Loder, John David (supplier)
Place of origin	Bath (printed) Bath (sold) Soho (London) (designed) Soho (London) (etched)

Periodical title page for 'Loder's Edition of Handel's Songs' for the piano forte or organ. Illustrated with the image of a flying male angel carrying a harp and laureal wreaths. Etching and stipple print.

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Category	Printed Pages & Sheets
Object type	Title page
Title	Loder's Edition of Handel's Songs
Materials and techniques	Etching and stipple print Printing Ink Paper Etching Stipple
Brief description	Periodical title page for 'Loder's Edition of Handel's Songs' for the piano forte or organ. Illustrated with the image of a flying male angel carrying a harp and laureal wreaths. Etching and stipple print. Designed and etched by Barrett & Barrif, Soho, London. Published, printed and sold by John David Loder, Bath. England, c.1820.
Physical description	Periodical title page for 'Loder's Edition of Handel's Songs' for the piano forte or organ. Illustrated with the image of a flying male angel carrying a harp and laureal wreaths. Etching and stipple print.
Dimensions	Plate mark height: 27.7cm Plate mark width: 20.3cm Dimensions taken from: Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991.
Object history	Published for the amateur market in the fashionable city of Bath in single numbers as keyboard arrangements of Handel's popular songs. The page design presumably remained constant, distinguished only by ink numbering added at the warehouse or shop.
Subjects depicted	Laurel Wreaths Title Page
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.2642-1921

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O703533/loders-edition-of-handels-songs-title-page-loder-john-david/

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