Tuning of the bell

Shirlaw, Walter (1838-1909)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1874
Height:
101.6 cm  (40 in.)
Width:
76.2 cm  (30 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Toning the bell

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    Friends of American Art Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1938.1280]

Description

A man plays the violin to give the pitch to another man, who strikes a large bell with a hammer, in the process of testing or tuning it. A boy imitates the violin player, using a bellows for an instrument and a stick for a bow. A small bell with a pull-string attached to it hangs above an arched doorway.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381]
Violin [3573]
Bell [2381]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Barter, Judith A., et al. American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 208-210, no. 96.

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 286pa91. RILM 1988-275.

Notes

"Tuning of the Bell" is the title listed in Owens; "Toning the Bell" is the title listed in the Art Institute of Chicago catalog.

RIdIM record id

1703