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: 10.9 x 13.8 cm (4 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Gift of George Washington Wales

Accession NumberM1668

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

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

Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)

ProvenanceGeorge Washington Wales, Boston (1815-1896); his gift to the MFA April 15, 1882