Anacreontic Society.- Bartolozzi (Francesco, engraver) Admission Ticket made out for entrance to the Anacreontic Society, engraved ticket depicting a man and a woman draping garlands around a bust of Anacreon, by Bartolozzi after William Lawrenson, [c...
Anacreontic Society.- Admission Ticket for entrance to the Anacreontic Society, made out to "Stranger" in very light brown ink, engraved ticket depicting a man and a woman draping garlands around a bust of Anacreon, on laid paper, small cut affecting legend at head, browned, [cf. a copy in Paul Mellon Collection], 160 x 106mm., by F. Bartolozzi after William Lawrenson, [c. 1779].
⁂ The Anacreontic Society, a London club founded in 1766 for aristocratic amateur musicians.
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Anacreontic Society.- Admission Ticket for entrance to the Anacreontic Society, made out to "Stranger" in very light brown ink, engraved ticket depicting a man and a woman draping garlands around a bust of Anacreon, on laid paper, small cut affecting legend at head, browned, [cf. a copy in Paul Mellon Collection], 160 x 106mm., by F. Bartolozzi after William Lawrenson, [c. 1779].
⁂ The Anacreontic Society, a London club founded in 1766 for aristocratic amateur musicians.