A Sunday concert [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A Sunday concert [graphic].
- Creator
- Smith, Charles Loraine, of Enderby, 1751-1835, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [4 June 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. 4th June 1782 by M. Rack, London
- Abstract
-
"Musicians are grouped round a piano. Their names (some misspelled) are written in the margin. The pianist sits in profile to the right looking fixedly at his score; he is Ferdinando Bertoni, a Venetian composer who accompanied his friend Pacchierotti to England. The most prominent of the musicians is Pacchierotti, who stands behind the piano next the pianist, holding open a music book, but smiling at a lady, who sits (right) on a bench among the performers. She is Lady Mary Duncan, whose admiration for Pacchierotti's singing was the talk of the town, carried to the point of absurdity, and of discourtesy to other singers. (Walpole, 'Letters', xii. 141, 3 Jan. 1782, and xv. 16-17, 4 July 1791.) She is the largest figure in the design, out of scale with the other figures. She sits in profile to the right holding up a closed fan, gazing intently at Pacchierotti. Behind her stands the player of the bass, identified as Cariboldi. Seated on the bench next her, on her right hand and wearing spectacles, is a man playing the oboe, identified as Hayford. Seated in a chair in front of Lady Mary and on the pianist's right hand is the cellist, Cervetto, evidently the younger Cervetto (1747-1837), who played at the professional concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms from 1780. Behind the piano stand (left to right) a violinist, identified as Salpietro, an oboist, J. C. Fischer (1733-1800), who was a great attraction at the Bach-Abel and Vauxhall concerts, and another violinist, Langani or Langoni. To the right of the piano, blowing the French horn, stands Pieltain. In the foreground (right) in profile to the left sits Miss Wilkes on a stool, her hands in a muff, smiling at Dr. Burney, who stands bending towards her, his hands held out. He wears a bag-wig and sword, and appears to be deep in conversation in spite of the singing of Pacchierotti, a fashionable habit much condemned by his daughter Frances, see 'Cecilia'. Behind Miss Wilkes on the right stands another of the audience, holding his hat under his arm."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from item.
Printmaker from attribution in the British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher's name is fictitious.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Walter Schatzki; March 1974;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 36.4 x 50.6 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 782.06.04.04++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Bertoni, Ferdinando, 1725-1813
Pacchierotti, Gasparo, 1744-1821
Duncan, Mary Tufton, Lady, 1723-1806
Cervetto, James, 1747 or 9-1837
Fischer, Johann Christian, 1733-1800
Wilkes, Mary, 1750-1802
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 - Subject (Topic)
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Chandeliers
Concerts
Harpsichords
Musicians
Musical instruments - Subjects
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Bertoni, Ferdinando, 1725-1813 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pacchierotti, Gasparo, 1744-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Duncan, Mary Tufton, Lady, 1723-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cervetto, James, 1747 or 9-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fischer, Johann Christian, 1733-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wilkes, Mary, 1750-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chandeliers
Concerts
Harpsichords
Musicians
Musical instruments
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9057546
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723627