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Antique Prints - Music, Theatre and Stage

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Theatres
Theatre buildings will be found in the various topography sections.
ie  Covent Garden Theatre prints will be in:
                Prints - UK - London

Subject to availability there maybe some theatre related prints in the following sections:
        Prints  -  Illustrative / Comical /Satirical /Caricature -  Dr Syntax
        Prints  -  Illustrative / Comical /Satirical /Caricature -  Real Life in London

Composers
Composers are likely to be found in:
        Prints - History - People 
Posters
Subject to availability posters and play bills will be found in the Ephemera section
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Music from China        Didot 1748    Copper Engraving.     size: 240 x 190 mm
Ref  SEE001               £22.00 (+P&P)

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Music - a 10 page tutorial              Andrew Bell  c1780 
Copper engravings     size: 200 x 240 mm    
5 sheets (10 pages)  
Ref  GAP101              £28.00 (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of 1758    taken from London Magazine   Nov 1758
A stiring, patriotic, ditty called ' A New Song for 3 Voices' 
Three fanatical verses on the lines of 
Britannia's sons Rejoice, to George exalt your voice, God save the King  .....

The iPod download of the 18th century!  
Ref  FLE003               £18.00  (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of 1758    taken from London Magazine    1758
12 pages of assorted songs and ditties of a harmless nature.
Subject matter is mostly of lonely shepherds, love songs and
country dance music.
Ref  FLE008         (all 12 sheets)      £18.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of 1737    taken from Calliope  or 
English Harmony- a collection of English and Scots songs ...
 
Engraved & sold by Henry Roberts   1739

Sad Musidora
Copper engraving    size:   120 x 210 mm

Ref  IJP037           £18.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of 1737    taken from Calliope  or 
English Harmony- a collection of English and Scots songs ...
 
Engraved & sold by Henry Roberts   1739

Words from The Spectator
Copper engraving    size:   120 x 210 mm

Ref  IJP040           £18.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of 1737    taken from Calliope  or 
English Harmony- a collection of English and Scots songs ...
 
Engraved & sold by Henry Roberts   1739

A Song Set by Mr John Sheeles
Copper engraving    size:   120 x 210 mm

Ref  IJP042           £18.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of 1737    taken from Calliope  or 
English Harmony- a collection of English and Scots songs ...
 
Engraved & sold by Henry Roberts   1739

John Hay's Bonnie Lassie
Copper engraving    size:   120 x 210 mm

Ref  IJP043           £18.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of 1737    taken from Calliope  or 
English Harmony- a collection of English and Scots songs ...
 
Engraved & sold by Henry Roberts   1739

Dying Swan
Copper engraving    size:   120 x 210 mm

Ref  IJP044           £18.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of 1798    taken from European Magazine and London Review  1798
A stiring, patriotic, propaganda ditty called ' A Loyal Song'  by Captain Morrice.
Five verses of politically incorrect lyrics encouraging hatred and bloodshed toward the French.
Not to be performed in public, or in a loud voice!
Ref  FLE003               £22.00  (+P&P)  click image for enlargement
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Sheet Music of  1772       taken from The London Magazine of 1772     size: 250 x 190 mm
Hymen's Holiday.  A Wedding Ode
A few folds, no splits
Ref  FGE004              £15.00   (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of  1772       taken from The London Magazine of 1772     size: 250 x 190 mm
The Happy Shepherd
A few folds, no splits
Ref  FGE003              £15.00   (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of  1772       taken from The London Magazine of 1772     size: 250 x 190 mm
The Triumph of Bacchus 
Split across width of sheet
Ref  FGE006              £10.00  (+P&P) 

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Sheet Music of  1772       taken from The London Magazine of 1772     size: 250 x 190 mm
An Old Pastoral Song 
Split in vertical fold
Ref  FGE005              £10.00   (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of  1765     size: 120 x 200 mm
1 sheets of music from the Universal magazine of 1765 featuring 
"The Virgin's Complaint" anon   

Ref  HAE001          £10.00 (+P&P)

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Sheet Music of  1765     size: 120 x 200 mm
1 sheet of music from the Universal magazine of 1765 featuring 
"Proper Fanny"    anon   

Ref  HAE002          £10.00 (+P&P)

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Sheet Music of  1823         Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
Recititive and Air composed by Mr W Watson
size: 310 x 230 mm     Double sided
Ref  HCP162          £10.00 (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of  1823         Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
Haydn's Celebtated Minuet of the Ox
size: 310 x 230 mm   
Ref  HCP163          £10.00 (+P&P)
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Sheet Music of  1823         Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
Recititive and Air composed by Mr W Watson
size: 310 x 230 mm    
Ref  HCP164          £10.00 (+P&P)
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6 Sheets Music of  1753     size: 120 x 200 mm
6 sheets of music from the Gentlemans Magazine of 1753 featuring 
"Miranda" , " Morton's Maggot",  "Plain Truth",
"Buningford Assembly",  "The Hazel-Eyed Maid",
"Minuet" , "The Happy Swain" and
an Arabic Song  ( scripted also in arabic)

Ref  HEP034          £22.00 (+P&P)

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Chimes,  Cipher, Cleff
Andrew Bell   c1796
size: 180 x 240 mm    
Ref  HJP078          £16.00 (+P&P)
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Organ   -  keyboard mechanism
Andrew Bell   c1796
size:160 x 220 mm    
Ref  HJP077          £16.00 (+P&P)
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Interior of the Theatre Oxford            Fisher / Talboys  1828
Illustrating the presentation of the Annual Newdigate Prize Poem awards.
Steel Engraving.     size: 130 x 800 mm
Ref  HGP183              £20.00 (+P&P)
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Miss Lacy of Covent Garden Theatre        
Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm    
Ref  HCP156          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Mr Macready as Henri Quatre       
Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm    
Ref  HCP157          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Miss Love as Rosanthe       
Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm    
Ref  HCP158          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Miss M. Tree as Viola       
Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm    
Ref  HCP159          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Mrs Pope of the Coburg Theatre       
Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm    
Ref  HCP160         £18.00 (+P&P)
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Ms Austin as Rosetta        
Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm    
Ref  HCP161          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Mr Young of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
Asperne / European Magazine  1812

Copper Mezzotint Engraving.
     size: 110 x 150 mm

Ref HHP026        £15.00 (+P&P)
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The Origin of Pantomime   

From The Lady's Pocket Magazine  1834

Steel Engraving by Rogers.
     size: 90 x 140 mm
Ref HKP231       £25.00 (+P&P)
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Unbound Monthly issues of the Dramatical & Musical Magazine 1823
size: 130 x 200 mm     All issues £15.00 each  (+P&P)
the two illustrations are typical of all issues.
     
Each issue seems to have two sections:
1   Brief articles relating to actors, actresses,  theatre management, stage news, etc
2   Reviews of stage events, shows and theatres

Ref  HCE001   January 1828   40 pages
Ref  HCE002   February 1828   44 pages
Ref  HCE003   March 1828   22 pages
Ref  HCE004   April 1828   24 pages
Ref  HCE005   May 1828   22 pages
Ref  HCE006   June 1828   24 pages
Ref  HCE007   July 1828   22 pages
Ref  HCE008   August 1828  22 pages
       
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Fac Simile of the Proportions of Garrick and Quin
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 360 x 240 mm, centre fold   
Ref  IFP141          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Mr Garrick in the Character of Richard III
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP115          £15.00 (+P&P)
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Masquerades and Operas, Burlington Gate
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP088          £15.00 (+P&P)
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A Just View of the British Stage
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP090          £18.00 (+P&P)
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Strolling Players
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP106          £18.00 (+P&P)
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The Beggars Opera
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP094          £15.00 (+P&P)
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The Laughing Audience
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP099          £16.00 (+P&P)
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Oratorio of Judith
Hogarth / Cook   1808
copper engraving     size: 200 x 160 mm    
Ref  IFP101          £12.00 (+P&P)
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Rich's Triumphal Entry  ( New Covent Garden Theatre in 1732)
Hogarth / Cook   1809
copper engraving     size: 200 x 140 mm   
Ref  IFP093        £12.00 (+P&P)
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Malvolio          Maclise / Staines   c1860
Shakespeare
Steel Engraving.     size: 280 x 200 mm
Ref  IEP021             £22.00 (+P&P)
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Scenes From the new Drury Lane Drama  "The Prodigal Daughter"
The Poisoning Scene in the Trainer Stable   and  The Grand National Steelechase
The Black and White    Oct 1  1892       size: 270 x 360 mm
Ref  SKP004              £20.00 (+P&P)

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The Scene of the Tragedy of Coriolnus
Universal Magazine   1749
Copper Engraving     size: 250 x 200 mm,  2 folds   small repairs to splits at folds
Ref  ICP024          £16.00 (+P&P)
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Scene from the new Comedy of  "St Cupid or Dorothy's Forture" at the Princess' Theatre
Illustrated London News -  Jan 29 1853
size: 250 x 170 mm    
Ref  IEP132          £16.00 (+P&P)
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