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Print made by James Johnson, 1803–1834, British, Music Has Charms, undated
- Title:
Music Has Charms
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 11/16 inches (27 × 37.3 cm), Plate: 9 13/16 × 13 13/16 inches (24.9 × 35.1 cm), Image: 9 × 13 13/16 inches (22.9 × 35.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "457"
Lettered, lower left: "Ch. Coypel pinxt. | If Musick of its Self has Soothing Charms, | Inspires soft Passions & the harsh disarms;- | Hon doubly Sense receives the Sweet Surprize. | Where harmony is help'd by beautious Eyes!-"; lettered, lower right: "J. Johnson fecit. | For Beauty acts the Subtle Lightning's part. | Flashes at once, and pierces to the Heart; - | The Swift Destruction in a Glance is dealt.- | And the rapt Youth dyes ere his Wound is felt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1318
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bodice | breeches | brocade | buckles | coat | collars | couple | curls | dress | genre subject | guitar | hair | hurdy-gurdy | man | mountain | musicians | plumes | ribbons (costume accessories) | river | ruff | ruins | shoes | stockings | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23167
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