Title page with allegorical representation showing Thalia (holding a trumpet) and the personification of the city of Amsterdam (holding a beehive). They point to the background where people in costumes are dancing exuberantly. In the foreground Joan Pluimer, the director of the Amsterdam Theatre, who is threatened by Harlequin. In the margin the title in Dutch, Allegorical performance with references to poetry and theater Title page for: Poetry and Theatre, 1719, print maker: Bernard Picart, (workshop of), intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1719, paper

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