Interior view of Westminster Abbey on the commemoration of Handel, taken from the manager's box

Edwards, Edward (1738-1806)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1790
Height:
128.0 cm  (50 3/8 in.)
Width:
101.6 cm  (40 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Description

Large format painting of a large gathering in Westminster Abbey; in addition to the many listeners present, one can see a violinist, a keyboardist/conductor, orchestral musicians, a chorus, an organist and organ pipes.

People as subjects

Händel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) (Composer)

Iconclass

11Q7131(NAVE)
parts of church interior: nave
11Q7131(CHOIR)
parts of church interior: choir
48C7531
large group of musicians, orchestra
48C7552(+373)
choir ( + singing) ( + conducting ~ music)
48C78
listening to music
48C754
instrumental and vocal music together
48A42
commemoration of an artist

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Viola [3561]
Violoncello [3582]
Double bass [3111]
Lute [3394]
Theorbo [3473]
Organ [2266]

RIdIM images



detail of musicians

Image URLs

image link 3

Bibliographic references

Cannadine, David. Westminster Abbey: A church in history (London: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2019) 268, fig. 134.



Plumb, J. H. The pursuit of happiness: A view of life in Georgian England, an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection (New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 1977) 45, 97, no. 67.



Solkin, David H. Art on the line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001) foldout no. 55.



Art on the line: The Royal Academy exhibitions at Somerset House, 1780-1836 [catalogue of works] (London: The Courtauld Gallery, 2001) no. 53.

RIdIM record id

6222