A few friends to tea and a lyttle musyck

Doyle, Richard (1824-1883)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

mid-19th century

Height:

14.6 cm  (5 3/4 in.)

Width:

17.0 cm  (6 11/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

lithography

Description

Caricature: A quintet of nobility with one woman and four men. The woman is playing a pianoforte while two of the men are playing violoncello, the third man is playing violin, and the fourth playing a transverse flute. A trumpet is on the floor.

Iconclass

41C422
afternoon tea
48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Grand pianoforte [2284]
Violin [3573]
Transverse flute [4093]
Violoncello [3582]
Trumpet [4446]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Doyle, Richard. Manners & customs of ye Englyshe (London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1911) 11.

Notes

Two double-sided music stands with candles are also represented. Numerous books of music are also represented, though music is not depicted. Richard Doyle was the uncle of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.

RIdIM record id

625