Thomas Augustine Arne

Unknown

Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815) (after a work of)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1782
Height:
27.9 cm  (11 in.)
Width:
22.2 cm  (8 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
engraving, hand coloured on paper

Additional titles

Harmony and sentiment

    Item location

  • National Portrait Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NPG 1130]

  • New York Public Library
    Music Division, Muller CollectionDimensions: 28 x 23 cm (on sheet 32 x 24.5 cm). Shelf locator: Muller Collection (Arne, Thomas Augustine #5)

Description

Caption cites lines from "Ode for Music on St. Cecelia's Day" by Alexander Pope (1688-1744): "By Music, minds an equal temper know, Nor swell too high, nor sink too low . . . Warriors she fires with animated sounds; Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds."

People as subjects

Arne, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778) (Musician portrait)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]

Musical works

Arne, Thomas Augustine -- Rule Britannialegible music notation
'Rule Britannia' was the finale of his masque Alfred which was performed at Cliveden, the Prince of Wales' house, in 1740. It is this piece of music that the composer is playing on the organ in this etching.

RIdIM images


© National Portrait Gallery, London

Image URLs

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New York Public Library data and image
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National Portrait Gallery data and image

Bibliographic references

Ingamells, John. National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian portraits 1760-1790 (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2004) 19.



Saywell, David and Jacob Simon. Complete illustrated catalogue (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2004) 18.

RIdIM record id

260