[A rural ball] [art original] / H. Walpole 1738.

Creator:

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist.

Published/Created:

[England],
[1738]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : watercolor ; image 230 x 303 mm, framed to 337 x 413 mm

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr31266

Notes:

Earl of Waldegrave Sale at Strawberry Hill, July 1842, lot 230; Earl Waldegrave Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, lot 101, 14 May 1920. Parsons, lot 69, to W.S. Lewis 3 July 1931.
Dated and signed "H. Walpole 1737" in lower left of image.
Date assigned by curator after the watercolor by Watteau of which this work is based.

Abstract:

Horace Walpole's watercolor after Antoine Watteau's Fête Champêtre depicts two amorous couples being serenaded by a musician. Another young man lounges on a blanket, his back to the viewer, as he gazes at the one dancing couple. Another figure of a man peeps out from behind a tree. They sit in a grove of trees, a small pool at the edge, as sheep graze in the distance; the towers from a town can be seen on the horizon.

Topics:

Couples.
Dance.
Musicians.

Topics:

Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Watteau, Antoine, 1684-1721.
Watteau, Antoine,--1684-1721--Influence.

Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Genre:

Genre drawings--British--18th century.
Watercolors--British--18th century.

Format:

Image

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

SH Contents W218 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 52

Orbis Record:

8946493

Yale Collection:

LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr31266

Citation:

Horace Walpole, A Rural Ball. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

15960109

PID:

digcoll:2796634