Accession number
PML 146857.77
Creator
Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
Published
[London] : Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street, [1786]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Item no. 77 of a collection of prints by James Sayers (PML 146857); formerly part of an album of mounted prints, now disbound.
Description
1 print : etching and aquatint ;
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot, "Mara" and "Delpini", with the latter struck out and the name "Rubinella" [sic] written in pen.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (left) and Giovanni Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans toward Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed.
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