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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)
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)
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)
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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