Peel Collection

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Peel Collection
A Concert
January 1818
pen and ink with watercolor over graphite, on paper.
Peel 2586
Notes: 

Title devised by cataloger.
Drawing evidently created for or after a caricature print.

Inscription: 

In ink at bottom left: W. Wingfield / January 1818.

Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary: 

Drawing of a woman playing the piano, at right, accompanied by a man seated at left and playing a large bowed instrument with an oval body which he holds propped upright between his knees, as a man stands in front of him and smiles as he gestures with his thumb and forefinger; two other men attend upon the woman, one of who stands over the piano and waves his hand in the air with evident enthusiasm, while a second man, wearing a wig, sits beside the instrument and appears to be remonstrating with the player. The men are all clad in knee breeches and wear shoes with large, square buckles.

Associated names: 

Wingfield, W., associated name.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.

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