Col. James Clitherow and his wife Anne, at Boston House, Brentford, Middlesex

Devis, Arthur (1712-1787)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1759

Height:

91.4 cm  (36 in.)

Width:

109.2 cm  (43 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Description

Col. James Clitherow and his wife Anne are pictured in an outdoor scene. James is pictured standing, and Anne is pictured seated on the left in front of a tree, playing an English guitar.

People as subjects

Clitherow, James
Clitherow, Anne (Musician)

Iconclass

48CC7326
other string instruments (plucked) - CC - out of doors
48C75
making music; musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

English guitar [3107]

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. 32. RILM 1985-6899.

RIdIM record id

7416