Sketch for dance

Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911)

Item type:

drawing

Height:

36.2 cm  (14 1/4 in.)

Width:

114.9 cm  (45 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

gouache on paper

Description

Sketch includes one couple dancing and three musicians with instruments

Iconclass

43C92
one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple
48C7532
small group of musicians

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Mandolin [3510]
Viola da gamba [3604] (or cello)
End-blown flute [3940]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

This item is part of a group of works within the Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection at Yale. Individually numbered 1937.2309 through 1937.2316, all are possibly or specifically related to Abbey's painting "A Pavane," held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (RIdIM item 5920). See also RIdIM items 6106, 6107, 6108, 6109, 6111, 6112, 6113.

RIdIM record id

6110