Georgiana, Duchess of Bedford

Hayter, George (1792-1871)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1824

Height:

22.2 cm  (8 3/4 in.)

Width:

17.8 cm  (7 in.)

Technique / Medium:

pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Description

A seated woman is playing a guitar; the scene also includes her ornate chair and a music stand with an open music book.

People as subjects

Bedford, Georgiana Gordon Russell, Duchess of (1781-1853) (Musician portrait)

Iconclass

48C723
portrait of a musician
31D15
adult woman
48C75
making music; musician with instrument
48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)
48C738
accessories ~ music: music-stand

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237]

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Barringer, Timothy J. Art & music in Britain: Four encounters, 1730-1900 (New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 2006) 16, 19.

RIdIM record id

6293