Autumn, from a series of the four seasons

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

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

18th century

Height:

33.0 cm  (13 in.)

Width:

25.1 cm  (9 7/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

watercolor & pen and ink

Place of creation:

England

Description

An ornately dressed woman is shown seated, holding a bunch of grapes and a bird, with an additional bunch of grapes in her lap. To the left of the woman is an English guitar, resting against a stool or bench with an open music book resting on the seat of the stool or bench. To the right of the woman in the background is an open door leading outside with grapevines shown growing over the top of the door.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107]

RIdIM images

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. 24. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

7413