Fashion Plate No. 297 from Journal des Dames et des Modes, April 30, 1801
Pierre de La Mesangereexpand_more
Hand-colored engravingexpand_more
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966expand_more P.16,025
Not on Viewexpand_more
The woman in this print makes the opposite impression of her counterpart holding the backwards guitar (see Mia P.16,081). She carries a book entitled “SOLFEGE” (music theory). These musical exercises place syllables (like Do-Re-Mi) onto musical scalesto teach sightreading, the technique of singing from a musical score without hearing the tune beforehand. This kind of skilled musicianship required dedication and thus casts this woman as a serious student or teacher of music. The back of this image has musical notation scrawled on it. Perhaps the plate was owned by a well-trained woman musician.
Details
- Title
- Fashion Plate No. 297 from Journal des Dames et des Modes
- Artist Life
- 1761–1831
- Role
- Publisher
- Accession Number
- P.16,025
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Colas 736
- Curator Approved
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