Madamoiselle Catherina

Grignion, Charles, I (1717-1810)

Hayman, Francis (1708-1776) (after a work of)

Item type:

print

Technique / Medium:

engraving

Description

Scene includes Madamoiselle Catherina and a gentleman in aristocratic attire, plus two women (possibly household attendants) in less fancy attire; these are watching a group of three street musicians or vendors, one of whom is displaying a miniature doll (or puppet) in the image of a finely-dressed lady, while another plays a hurdy-gurdy.

Iconclass

46A11
division into classes ( ~ society)
41D
fashion, clothing
41D132
fashionable woman, 'belle'
41D29
clothed in rags
48C75611
hurdy-gurdy player
46B222
pedlar
43C78719
dolls for adults
48C8551
puppet

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

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) 6-7.

Notes

Text under image:
F. Hayman pinxt. Madamoiselle Catherina. Engraved from the Original Painting in Vaux Hall Garden. C. Grignon sculpt.
Text under title/creator line:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil,and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard London.

RIdIM record id

6360