Three half-length sketches of men in two rows, two on the top row are shown bust-length facing left, while the one below is shown half-length playing a bassoon. Only the portrait on the top right is identified by the artist
Description:
Title written below drawing in upper right., Attributed to John Nixon in dealer's description., Date based on artist's death date., and Sheet numbered "114" in ink at top.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Bassoons
SH Contents W218 no. 3 Boxed separately, shelved at end of class
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A drawing by Horace Walpole, after Antoine Watteau's painting "Pour nous prouver que cette belle"; a woman sits in a chair perusing the open sheet music in her hands as two young children look on. One man leans on the back of her chair, looking over her shoulder at the sheet music, as another man sits before her tuning his lute. 1774 Description: A man and woman in water-colours, after Watteau; by Mr. Walpole. Formerly hung in Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Signed and dated in the image, on the side of the chair: Hor. Walpole 1736., Inscription, on the back of the frame, in Horace Walpole's hand: by Horace Walpole., and Place of creation based on the known residence of the artist in 1736.
SH Contents W218 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 52
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Horace Walpole's watercolor after Antoine Watteau's Fête Champêtre depicts two amorous couples being serenaded by a musician. Another young man lounges on a blanket, his back to the viewer, as he gazes at the one dancing couple. Another figure of a man peeps out from behind a tree. They sit in a grove of trees, a small pool at the edge, as sheep graze in the distance; the towers from a town can be seen on the horizon
Alternative Title:
Fête champêtre
Description:
Title devised by curator., Label verso: A Fete Champetre after Watteau by Horace Walpole From Earl Waldegrave's Collection Signed and dated 1738. Also manuscript notes in unknown hand regarding provenance of watercolor., Dated and signed "H. Walpole 1737" in lower left of image., and Date assigned by curator after the watercolor by Watteau of which this work is based.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721
Watercolor depicting a man, shown full-length, playing a violin and wearing a jacket trimmed with gold tassels. On the right a young lady dances to the tune. The dancer, with blue ribbon tied around her waist, discreetly lifts up her skirt to performing the dancing steps while turning her head towards the musician
Alternative Title:
Country dance
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Date and artist suggested by curator based on costume and style.
