The Western family

Hogarth, William (1697-1764)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1730
Height:
72.0 cm  (28 3/8 in.)
Width:
84.0 cm  (33 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI.792]

Description

To the left of the group, a harpsichord sits with open lid. The lid, in the English style, is undecorated.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 40. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2874