Description

[004637] [Grand Dress Ball Ticket] Grand Dress Ball Birmingham Theatre. ill. Radclyffe, W. and Radclyffe, T. Birmingham: Unknown, 1823. First Edition. 12mo. Unbound. Ephemera. Good. Engraved ticket, approximately 115mm x 165mm in size

Lightly soiled, but generally fairly bright

Engraved ticket for a grand dress ball at Birmingham Theatre, dated October 9th, 1823, with an issue number in ink to foot, and a blind stamp to foot of a building (probably the theatre)

Engraved by W.[illiam] & T.[homas] Radclyffe (fl. c.1817-32) of Birmingham (see Alexander, A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers 1714-1820, pages 727-728)