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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Ticket to Westminster Abbey, before 1791
- Title:
Ticket to Westminster Abbey
- Additional Title(s):
Westminster Abbey, Admittance Either of the Following Days: May the 23rd, 26th, 28th, or 1st of June, 1791
- Date:
- before 1791
- Medium:
- Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 11/16 inches (22.2 × 14.4 cm), Image: 6 7/8 × 5 11/16 inches (17.5 × 14.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on back, upper right, partly cropped off sheet: "No. 189 | Ra Goh Mi [cropped] | Evgr. | Jubverit[?]"; in graphite, on back, lower left: "Smirk invt"; on back, lower right: "1934 | Bartolozzi sculp | (IR31/1948b) | JW (initials in monogram)"
Lettered, upper center: "WESTMINSTER ABBEY, | Admittance either of the following Days | May, the 23rd. 26th. 28th. or 1st. of June. 1791"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.750
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bench | children | Christianity | clouds | costume | embracing | lion | man | music | musician | organ (aerophone) | oval | portrait | religious and mythological subject | spinet | unicorn | wings | women
- Associated Places:
- City of Westminster | England | Greater London | London | United Kingdom | Westminster Abbey
- Associated People:
- saint
St. Cecilia as patroness of music
the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome; possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies
St. Cecilia making music and/or singing - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52090
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