February

Dighton, Robert, the elder (ca. 1752-1814)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
ca. 1785
Height:
32.4 cm  (12 3/4 in.)
Width:
24.8 cm  (9 3/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor
Place of creation:
England

Description

An ornately dressed woman sits in a chair to the right of a fireplace, playing an English guitar. A window is seen behind the woman to the right.

Iconclass

48C7522
one person playing string instrument (plucked)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Leppert, Richard D. "Men, women, and music at home: the influence of cultural values on musical life in eighteenth-century England". Imago musicae 2 (1985) 51-133, fig. 23. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

7412