A table d'Hote, or French ordinary in Paris

Rowlandson, Thomas (1756 or 1757-1827)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1810
Technique / Medium:
hand-colored etching
Place of creation:
London (England)

    Item location

  • Royal Collection Trust (United Kingdom)
    [Museum inv. no.: RCIN 810803]Sheet: 28.2 x 39.1 cm

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 59.533.978]Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 in. (24.5 × 34.6 cm)

Description

In a chaotic dining scene, a girl plays the triangle alongside a hurdy-gurdy player. One corner of the triangle has a unique curled-around shape.

Iconclass

48C7344(TRIANGLE)
48C7344
Hurdy-gurdy

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005]
Hurdy-gurdy [3305]

RIdIM images



Image URLs

image link 3
Royal Collection Trust
image link 4
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

7420

Data provider

Dr. Mark Berry