A ball at Scarborough

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 or 1757-1827)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

ca. 1820

Height:

14.4 cm  (5 11/16 in.)

Width:

23.8 cm  (9 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

watercolor, with pen, in red ink, brown ink, black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper

Description

In a spacious ballroom with high windows and lavish chandeliers, many people are dancing and socializing to accompaniment provided by musicians positioned on a balcony; instruments include two violins, two end-blown wind instruments, and possibly a French horn and an unidentifiable percussion instrument (roughly sketched).

Iconclass

43A23
ball, formal dance
43C9
dancing
41B311
chandelier, candelabrum
41A38
balcony
48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Horn [4118]
Wind instruments [3730]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6287