Un solo de violon

Beaumont, Edouard de (1821-1888)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1843

Height:

32.4 cm  (12 3/4 in.)

Width:

22.5 cm  (8 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

lithograph with hand color

Place of creation:

France

Additional titles

Description

In this caricature of French colonial life, a French man plays the violin for an audience of four sleeping aborigines in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia. He is playing the violin with the bow in his left hand while fingering the instrument with his right hand. He has a large red nose, an open mouth, and an intense expression on his face as he labors intently before a wooden music stand. He is wearing a black coat with tails, a yellow vest, and white pants. The sleeping natives are seated slumped on chairs next to the wall. Their dark skins are decorated with red and blue paint on their faces, arms, and chests, and they are wearing only striped shorts.

Iconclass

48C7521
one person playing string instrument (bowed)
32A5
caricatures (human types)
32B36
primitive races and peoples; aborigines

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Printed by d'Aubert & Co.
Published by Chez Aubert and Chez Pannier.
Caption: - Il paraît que j'impressionne bien vivement mes auditeurs, car je ne les entends pas bouger! ...

RIdIM record id

5315