Morning amusements

Tomkins, Peltro William (1760-1840)


Item type:
print
Diameter:
12.5 cm  (4 15/16 in.)
"Circumference: 39.2cm (Cut to)...This is probably the circumference". -Victoria and Albert Museum website.
Technique / Medium:
stipple engraving

Description

A circular framed print shows three women, a child, and a dog. On the left, a woman is seated playing a two-manual harpsichord with an open music book on the music rack. Another woman stands behind the harpsichord, and in front of the harpsichord is another woman, apparently working on a needlework project with a child.

Iconclass

48C7332
clavichord, harpsichord

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harpsichord [2251]

Image URLs

image link 1
No image available from Victoria and Albert museum as of 5/3/2022.

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. 25. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

7414