Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Ticket for the Brandenbourg House Masquerade, ca. 1797
- Title:
Ticket for the Brandenbourg House Masquerade
- Additional Title(s):
Miscuit Utile Dulci
- Date:
- ca. 1797
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (12.4 x 16.2 cm), Plate: 4 1/4 x 6 inches (10.8 x 15.2 cm), Image: 2 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches (6 x 8.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower center: "2165-7 | 2165-7"
Lettered upper center: "BRANDENBOURG HOUSE MASQUERADE. | Monday the 24th of February at Eleven o'Clock."; lettered, lower left: "E,F,Burney del."; lettered, lower right: "F.Bartolozzi Sculpt."; lettered, lower center: "MISCUIT UTILE DULCI | Nobody admitted without Masks, or with Black Dominos. | Each Ticket will admit a Lady and Gentleman coming together."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.735
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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