Heavenly orchestra

Burney, Edward Francis (1760-1848)


Item type:
drawing
Height:
16.8 cm  (6 5/8 in.)
Width:
22.9 cm  (9 in.)
Technique / Medium:
graphite, pen, brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

    Item location

  • Yale Center for British Art
    Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery[Museum inv. no.: B1979.12.928]

People as subjects

St. Cecilia (Musician)

Iconclass

11HH(CECILIA)11
St. Cecilia as patroness of music
11G
angels
11G12
cherubim
48C7512
person with musical instrument, musing, contemplating
48C73341
church organ
48C7531
large group of musicians, orchestra
26A
clouds
22C11
rays of natural light

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Organ [2266]
Horn [4118]
Oboe [4232]
Transverse flute [4093]
Clarinet [3836]
Kettledrum [2887] (with beaters)
Natural trumpet [4419]
Bassoon [3795]

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, 21.

Notes

Watermark: "SMITH AND ALLNUTT..."

RIdIM record id

6300