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- Title:
Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music
- Date:
- ca. 1800-1815
- Medium:
- Pen and ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 3/16 x 28 5/16in. (48.7 x 71.9cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Amateurs of Tie-Wig Music"; additional inscriptions on image
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.155
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bellows | books | busts | cages | cat | cellos | chairs | children | clarinet | clocks | concert | dog (animal) | fiddles | fireplace | flute | globe | horns | keys | leisure | men | music | oboe | organology | owl | playing cards | satire | saw | scales (weighing devices) | score | sheet music | tie-wigs | toys (recreational artifacts) | violins | women
- Associated People:
- Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759), composer
Geminiani, Francesco Saverio (1687–1762), composer and music theorist - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12120
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