The Triumph of Music
Burney made several large drawings of this sort, satirizing the manners and pastimes of contem-porary society. Here the subject is an evening meeting of a glee club; the numerous inscriptions scattered throughout the drawing are all titles of popular madrigals and "catches," or rounds.
Gallery label for Pleasures and Pastime (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
c. 1815
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper
31.0 x 46.0cm
B1975.4.1467
Digital image courtesy Yale Center for British Art; free to use under the Center's Image Terms of Use
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