Ticket for the Lord Mayor's Ball, Mansion House

Ticket for a Ball at the Mansion House, London, 17 April 1775, hosted by Lord Mayor John Wilkes. A bare-breasted woman representing Abundance in a wreath of flowers sits holding a caduceus with a cornucopia at her feet. Putti dance and fly around holding grapes and a basket of flowers representing Pleasure. Copperplate stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after Giovanni Battista Cipriani from Andrew W. Tuer's Bartolozzi and his Works, Field and Tuer, London, 1881

Abundance Andrew W. Tuer Bacchus Bartolozzi And His Works Caduceus Cornucopia Fancy Dress Field And Tuer Francesco Bartolozzi Grapes Invitation Mansion House Putti Stipple Ticket

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