Overpowered with music

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 or 1757-1827)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
18th century
Height:
24.0 cm  (9 7/16 in.)
Width:
18.7 cm  (7 3/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor

    Item location

  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    [Museum inv. no.: 1963.24.553]

Description

A portly, red-faced man dressed in a brown suit and yellow shirt stands in the foreground with his hands clasped in front of him. He is smiling and gazing upward. A lady in a white dress and head wrap stands behind him observing approvingly. In the background, a lady in a blue dress and feathered head wrap is seated at the piano where she is playing and singing in an exaggerated manner.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]

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Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3656