Figure with lute [i.e. hurdy-gurdy] and tambourine, with other figures: men resting, country women, horses, etc.

Sandby, Paul (1731-1809)

Item type:

drawing

Height:

8.6 cm  (3 3/8 in.)

Width:

17.8 cm  (7 in.)

Technique / Medium:

graphite on medium, cream laid paper

Description

This drawing is a figure study that includes one itinerant musician standing with his face toward his horse; he holds a tambourine in his left hand; on his back he appears to have a hurdy-gurdy (not a lute as stated in the museum title).

Iconclass

48CC72
musician - CC - out of doors
48CC73411
tambourine - CC - out of doors
48CC7314
hurdy-gurdy - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6323