James Barry RA, Ticket of admission for a performance of Horace's 'Carmen Seculare', 1779.
Etching. 169 mm x 124 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Ticket of admission for a performance of Horace's 'Carmen Seculare', 1779
James Barry RA (1741 - 1806)
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169 mm x 124 mm
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