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A Duet

1785 (?)
Not on view
This satire of two musicians may represent the viol da gamba player Carl Friedrich Abel (or possibly Johann Christian Bach), and the flautist Johann Christian Fisher. The image is similar to Henry William Bunbury's "Concerto Spirituale" (see 17.3.888-219 and 17.3.888-222).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Duet
  • Etcher: Anonymous, British, late 18th–early 19th century
  • Artist: After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Sitter: Johann Christian Bach (German, 1735–1782)
  • Sitter: Carl Friedrich Abel (German, Cöthen 1723–1787 London)
  • Date: 1785 (?)
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 9 in. × 7 5/16 in. (22.8 × 18.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.129
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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