The Moray Minstrels (Design for Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis)

Subject Relates to Arthur James Lewis British

1865

Not on view

This design for a printed invitation was created for the well-to-do silk merchant Arthur James Lewis who, before his 1867 marriage, regularly welcomed male friends to Moray Lodge, his home on Campden Hill, overlooking London's Holland Park. Once a month, between January and March, singers would gather on Saturday evenings at 8:30 pm to perform modern and ancient works; with oyster suppers served at eleven. Lewis was himself an amateur artist who joined the Junior Etching Club and welcomed London artists, such as J. M. Whistler, to his home. The invitation captures the jolly informality of Lewis's entertaining (see 58.503.2 for the related print).

Artwork Details

Title: The Moray Minstrels (Design for Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis)
Artist: Frederick Walker (British, London 1840–1875 Perthshire, Scotland)
Subject: Relates to Arthur James Lewis (British, 1824–1901)
Date: 1865
Medium: Pen and brown ink, graphite, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (14.4 × 20.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
Object Number: 58.503.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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