Maria Hamilton Beckford (Mrs. William Beckford)

West, Benjamin (1738-1820)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1799
Height:
146.1 cm  (57 1/2 in.)
Width:
115.0 cm  (45 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Andrew W. Mellon Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1947.17.23]

Description

Mrs. Beckford holds a book of music. A plucked string instrument with ten tuning pegs (probably a type of English guitar, partially obscured) is leaning against a chair.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

180