An old song

Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1885

Height:

71.1 cm  (28 in.)

Width:

121.9 cm  (48 in.)

framed: 105.41 × 157.48 cm (41 1/2 × 62 in.)

Technique / Medium:

transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite underdrawing

Place of creation:

United States

Description

In the foreground of this interior scene, a woman in a long white gown stands playing a tall harp while an old man and a somewhat younger-looking woman sit listening in the background. The setting itself suggests wealth and intellectual interests, perhaps representing themes being remembered toward the end of life.

Iconclass

41A221
living-room, parlour, sitting-room
48C78
listening to music
48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Chromatic harp [3274]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6251