Ossian

Blondel, Merry Joseph (1781-1853)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1814
Height:
17.8 cm  (7 in.)
Width:
35.7 cm  (14 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
graphite and brown wash on cream wove paper

Description

This album page drawing depicts an elderly man sitting on a rock and playing a harp. He is surrounded by figures, probably of significance in Scottish epic poetry (possibly by James Macpherson).

People as subjects

Ossian (active 3rd century)

Iconclass

82A(Ossian)
Ossian
48C7322
harp

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscriptions and Marks
Signed: in graphite at lower right: Blondel

RIdIM record id

5786