by THORNTHWAITE, John, engraver
(PRINTED TICKET-NEW MUSICAL FUND) THORNTHWAITE, John, engraver, and Julius Caesar Ibbetson, delineator. Large Ticket for New Musical Fund. (London: 1799). Printed engraved card (10 X 5 1/2 inches). Rare item. A fine large engraved ticket for the charity concert to benefit "decayed musicians," a fund established April 16, 1786 to aid elderly and inf musicians and their dependents. This ticket advertises an event at Kings Theatre, Thursday Feby 7th 1799. The oval illustration shows the figure of Apollo standing on a cloud before an organ, harp in hand, pouring out a sack coins into the apron of a woman with two children clutching her garment, who stands in front a several elderly musicians, with caption at top reading: "He delivered the Poor that cried." The surrounding decorations incorporate musi motifs and a drape. The draughtsman was Julius Caesar Ibbetson, a British portrait painter and draughtsman, and printmaker, and the engraver, John Thornthwaite, was also a British portrait painter and printmaker. Removed fr an album, the blank corners are clipped, and there is some foxing. Printed i blue ink. (39721). (Inventory #: 39721)