The Gore family with George, third Earl Cowper

Zoffany, Johann (1733-1810)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1775

Height:

78.7 cm  (31 in.)

Width:

97.8 cm  (38 1/2 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

In this painting commemorating the engagement of Hannah Anne Gore to George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, these two individuals are seen standing while two others are making music, another is writing, and one holds a book. Instruments visible are cello and square piano or clavichord (with legible music open on the music rack); a large painting in the background includes a figure playing a lyre.

People as subjects

Cowper, George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl of (1738-1789)
Gore, Emily (1756-1826)
Gore, Eliza Maria (1754-1802)
Cowper, Hannah Anne Cowper of (died 1826)
Gore, Charles (1729-1807)

Iconclass

42D1
betrothal
42B7412
father and daughter(s) (family group)
48C7521
one person playing string instrument (bowed)
48C7523
one person playing keyboard instrument
48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)
48C5142
picture within picture

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Square pianoforte [2308]
Violoncello [3582]
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. "Men, women, and music at home: the influence of cultural values on musical life in eighteenth-century England". Imago musicae 2 (1985) 51-133, fig. 37. RILM 1985-6899.

Notes

See museum website (image link 1) for extensive list of bibliographic references.

RIdIM record id

6236