Admission Ticket for a Benefit Concert for Brigida Banti

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Admission Ticket for a Benefit Concert for Brigida Banti

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760–1848)

1795

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 10.1 x 13 cm (4 x 5 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP10739

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Calabi 1912, iii/vi; Tuer 2124 (there are, however, two admission tickets for Mrs. Banti after E.F. Burney, and only one listed in Tuer)

Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897