The Sailor’s Complaint, from George Bickham’s The Musical Entertainer
€65,00
One leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head illustrating the song with music and text below set for voice and figured bass with a separate part for flute. Signed in the plate by the engraver, G. Bickham junr. Ca 33 x 20 cm. (12.75″ x 7.85″) [plate mark]. Published in London in 1740. From the second edition of Bickham’s monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245. The print comes in a passe-partout, the overall dimension is 55.5 x 41 cm. The condition of the print is good.
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George Bickham the Younger (c. 1706–1771) was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs, headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song …, and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe’s British Melody, engraved by Benjamin Cole.” Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online. The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare. Bickham also produced didactic publications, political caricatures, and pornographical prints. He was the son of the engraver George Bickham the Elder (1684–1758), who published the Universal Penman (1733–41).
