The power of music

Walker, A. B. (Alanson Burton) (1878-1947)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1910
Height:
36.5 cm  (14 3/8 in.)
Width:
58.0 cm  (22 13/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
ink on paper

    Item location

  • Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum (The Ohio State University)
    [Museum inv. no.: IMCA 79 1]

Description

A formally dressed audience listens to a violinist and pianist, with varying expressions of boredom, sleepiness and distaste.

Iconclass

48C78
listening to music
48A26
parody on art

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Grand pianoforte [2284]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Cartoon published in Harper's Weekly, 1910-01-08

RIdIM record id

5809