Oval stipple engraving printed in sepia depicting a singer and mandolinist with a statue of Athena in the background

by Musical Instruments - 18th Century - English -

$300 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

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.

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