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Madame Vestris as Don Giovani

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In this collage a full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Vestris: her head and neck, arms, and boots have been cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming. On the verso written in red ink, two poems: “The Snow Drop by Henry Neele” and “I Saw Thee Weep, Byron” transcribed in two columns.

  • Title: Madame Vestris as Don Giovani [art original] / H.A.S.
  • Production: [England], [ca. 1828?]

Catalog Record

Drawings C697 no. 3 Box D115

Acquired April 2021

Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro

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In this collage a full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Bartolozzi, with her head and neck, hands, and boots cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming. On the verso in two columns written in red ink and ruled in red ink: On the left the title of a poem only “Lines on my garden”. On the right: Song, “My own Blue Bell”.

  • Creator: Butcher, Master, artist.
  • Title: Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro [art original] / made & given by Master Butcher.
  • Production: [England], [ca. 1828]

Catalog Record

Drawings C697 no. 4 Box D115

Acquired April 2021