Drummer boy

Hunt, William Morris (1824-1879)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1862-1865

Height:

101.9 cm  (40 1/8 in.)

Width:

68.6 cm  (27 in.)

Framed: 123.2 x 88.3 x 4.8 cm (48 1/2 x 34 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

charcoal heightened with white chalk on gray-green paper

Description

This drawing presents a barefoot boy standing on an outdoor ledge or wall, right arm raised upward with drumstick in hand, drum held with strap over his right shoulder, left hand playing the drum with a drumstick.

Iconclass

31D11221
boy (child between toddler and youth)
31A2511
arm raised upward
48CC7524
one person playing percussion instrument - CC - out of doors
48CC7341
drum (musical instrument) - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Side drum [2729]
Beater [6071] (two)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

This large drawing is a study for Hunt's painting of the same subject, MFA #66.1055, (RIdIM item 5967).

RIdIM record id

5966