Music party, East Cowes Castle

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1835
Height:
121.3 cm  (47 3/4 in.)
Width:
90.5 cm  (35 5/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Tate (United Kingdom)
    [Museum inv. no.: N03550]

Description

This unfinished study shows a group of figures playing or languidly listening to music in an unidentified setting. It was for many years associated with the interiors of Petworth, but has more recently been linked with the Octagon Room at East Cowes Castle; Turner's hostess at Cowes was Mrs John Nash, who was an accomplished pianist. [Tate website caption]

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Haacke, Walter. Am Klavier (Königstein i. Taunus : Langewiesche Nachf. Köster, 1968) RILM 1972-2871.

RIdIM record id

4286