Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Title:
The professional life of Mr. Dibdin / written by himself ; together with the words of six hundred songs, selected from his works, and sixty small prints taken from the subjects of the songs ; and invented, etched, and prepared for the aqua tinta by Miss Dibdin ; embellished also with an elegant engraving by Mr. Smith, from a portrait of Mr. Dibdin, a striking likeness, and an admirable picture painted by Mr. Devis ; in four volumes.
Published / Created:
London : Published by the author, at his Music-Warehouse, Leicester-Place, Leicester-Square; and may be had of Longman and Rees, Paternoster-Row .... 1803. J. Cundee, printer, Ivy-Lane, [1803]
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With an added engraved title page featuring the portrait of Dibdin.
Subject Terms:
Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814. | Musicians -- Correspondence. | Musicians -- Biography. | Dibdin, Charles, 1745–1814 -- Publisher. | Longman and Rees -- Publisher. | Cundee, J. -- Printer. | Stipple engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1803.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1803.
Contributors:
Dibdin, Anne, engraver. | Smith, Mr., engraver. | Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787, ill.