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Isaac Cruikshank
1756?-1811?
A bravura at the Hanover Square concert
etching and aquatint
image: 217 x 174 mm; plate mark: 268 x 198 mm; sheet: 274 x 202 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1686
Published:
[London] : Pubd by Willm Holland, N° 50, Oxford Street, 27 May1789.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Below imprint: In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest Collection of humorous Prints in Europe Admittance 1 Shilling.
Summary:
Print shows two musicians (three-quarter length) behind a balustrade: Tenducci sings, standing 'chapeau-bras' in profile to the left holding his music. He is very foppish, wearing a large sword; a 'cellist who resembles Cervetto sits (left) turning his head in profile to the right. Across the base of the design are the heads and shoulders of four men, seated with their backs to the balustrade, one wearing a ribbon and star. They listen with displeasure or indifference. Cf. BM Satires.
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