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For Mr. Didelot's Benefit.
For Mr. Didelot's Benefit.
L.Legoux Pupil of F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1790.]
Scarce stipple with engraving. 157 x 120mm (6¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed.
A ticket depicting a Muse dancing and playing cymbals, followed by Cupid, who adorns her with a garland of flowers. Charles-Louis Didelot (1767 - 1837) was a French dancer and choreographer.
See De Vesme: 1936 [for different version. & description].
[Ref: 20513]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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New Musical Fund. Opera House,  Thursday, March 15th. 1804.
New Musical Fund. Opera House, Thursday, March 15th. 1804.
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple and etching, printed in sepia. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate, stained.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804; active). The print came from a collection compiled by Marianne Arnold Ayrton whose father, Samuel Arnold, was thought to be the son of Princess Amelia (1711-1786) through her affair with commoner Thomas Arnold.
See Fitzwilliam. From a collection of ephemera gathered by Marianne Arnold Ayrton (daughter of Samuel Arnold) and her husband William Ayrton.
[Ref: 52955]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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New Musical Fund. Opera House,  Thursday, March 10th. 1803.
New Musical Fund. Opera House, Thursday, March 10th. 1803.
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple and etching, ticket/advertisement for a fund-raising musical entertainment. Plate 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Lower right corner chipped with small repair with conservation tissue.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804; active).
[Ref: 13503]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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New Musical Fund
New Musical Fund
L. Legoux sculp. late pupil of F. Bartolozzi R.A. No.1 Poland Street Soho.
Stipple, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet, possibly losing text.
Apollo with his lyre standing on clouds, to his right a female figure with dove perched on her head and holding horn of plenty and pair of compasses; another female figure sits to left. In the background a pelican feeds its chicks. A violin and musical instruments below are draped with a banner inscribed 'New Musical Fund'. By French engraver Louis Legoux (1789 - 1804, fl.).
For another state with additional text see ref. 13503.
[Ref: 42475]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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