Lot 199
Funeral ticket.- Watts (Isaac) You are desired to attend the funeral of the late Reverend Isaac Watts D.D., engraved funeral ticket, 1748.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Funeral ticket.- Watts (Isaac, Independent minister and writer, 1674-1748).- You are desired to attend the funeral of the late Reverend Isaac Watts D.D., engraved funeral ticket with letterpress, slightly browned, [ESTC lists 2 copies only], 230 x 272mm., framed and glazed, 5th December 1748.
⁂ A large emblematic funeral ticket for one of the most prolific and best loved nonconformist minister's of the 18th century. The legend on the ticket reads: "You are desired to attend the funeral of the late Reverend Isaac Watts D.D. from Lorimer's-Hall, London-Wall, to the burial-ground in Bunn-Hill Fields, the 5th day of December, 1748, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The corps will move between 2 and 3 o'clock, that it may be inter'd an hour before it is dark."
Description
Funeral ticket.- Watts (Isaac, Independent minister and writer, 1674-1748).- You are desired to attend the funeral of the late Reverend Isaac Watts D.D., engraved funeral ticket with letterpress, slightly browned, [ESTC lists 2 copies only], 230 x 272mm., framed and glazed, 5th December 1748.
⁂ A large emblematic funeral ticket for one of the most prolific and best loved nonconformist minister's of the 18th century. The legend on the ticket reads: "You are desired to attend the funeral of the late Reverend Isaac Watts D.D. from Lorimer's-Hall, London-Wall, to the burial-ground in Bunn-Hill Fields, the 5th day of December, 1748, at one o'clock in the afternoon. The corps will move between 2 and 3 o'clock, that it may be inter'd an hour before it is dark."
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