Portrait engraving

by Thomas Augustine Arne

$125 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

156 x 111 mm. Stipple engraving on wove paper. Half length, within oval, with Dr. Thos. Aug. Arne. below image and imprint beneath.Provenance:The collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934 .Edges reinforced with stiff paper border; adhesive stains to verso. Arne is considered the most significant composer of 18th-century English theatre music. Horne had a voice of

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