Ferdinand and Ariel

Hoare, Mary (died 1820)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
ca. 1781
Height:
35.1 cm  (13 13/16 in.)
Width:
28.5 cm  (11 1/4 in.)
mount: 13 13/16 x 11 1/4 inches (35.1 x 28.5 cm); contemporary drawn border: 13 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches (34.9 x 28.3 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 inches (34.3 x 27.9 cm)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Description

Act I, scene ii of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, with Ferdinand on a rocky seashore, hearing music being sung by Ariel from the clouds above the sea. Ariel is pictured with a lute.

Iconclass

83(SHAKESPEARE, Tempest)
(scenes from) specific works of literature: Shakespeare, Tempest
48CC78
listening to music - CC - out of doors
25H23
sea (seascape)
48CC75
making music; musician with instrument - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Where should this musick be; i'th'air, or earth? | This is no mortal business, nor no sound | That the earth owns; I hear it now above me. | Tempest"

RIdIM record id

6306