Comforts of Bath: the concert

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 or 1757-1827)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1798

Height:

12.2 cm  (4 13/16 in.)

Width:

18.7 cm  (7 3/8 in.)

mount: 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (14 x 20.6 cm) and sheet: 4 13/16 x 7 3/8 inches (12.2 x 18.7 cm)

Technique / Medium:

watercolor with pen and gray and black ink on medium, slightly textured, blued white wove paper

Place of creation:

London (England)

Description

A concert scene with audience, solo singer, and orchestra members, many with distinctive caricature expressions and poses; a cello, violin or viola, and music stands can be seen among the very sketchy portrayal of the musicians.

Iconclass

48A712
the audience ~ art performance
48C78
listening to music
48C75512
female singer
48C7531
large group of musicians, orchestra
48C738
accessories ~ music: music-stand

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violoncello [3582]
Violin [3573]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

"British art at Yale", Apollo 105/182 (April 1977) 281, 283, fig. 16.



"The cunning eye of Thomas Rowlandson", Apollo 105/182 (April 1977) 281, 283, fig. 18.

RIdIM record id

6277