Comforts of Bath: the ball

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 or 1757-1827)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1798
Height:
12.4 cm  (4 7/8 in.)
Width:
18.9 cm  (7 7/16 in.)
mount: 5 11/16 x 8 1/4 inches (14.4 x 21 cm) and sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 7/16 inches (12.4 x 18.9 cm)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Place of creation:
London (England)

Description

A large ballroom scene with many people dancing (circle and chain dances), many people sketched playing in an orchestra, and many people watching. An organ is also visible in the background.

Iconclass

43C94
group dancing
48C7531
large group of musicians, orchestra
48C7334
organ
48A712
the audience ~ art performance

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Double bass [3111]
Organ [2266]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

"British art at Yale", Apollo 105/182 (April 1977) 281-282, fig. 12.



"The cunning eye of Thomas Rowlandson", Apollo 105/182 (April 1977) 281-282, fig. 12.

RIdIM record id

6280