Oval stipple engraving printed in sepia depicting a singer and mandolinist with a statue of Athena in the background.
[London]: 1772.
235 x 168 mm. On laid paper, with "No. V" printed at lower left.
A female singer holds an open music book on her lap entitled "Pastorale by Musolini."
A Signor Mussolini is recorded as a singer and mandolin player making his first public appearance at Covent Garden on 27 April 1773 "playing a concerto on the double mandolin and royal guitar and accompanying a young gentlewoman in song." Highfill et al., Vol. 10, p. 407.
Item #37112
Price: $300.00 other currencies
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