In this oil we see a reasonably affluent home with a young man playing the violin. His sheet music is propped upon a pile of books; above which is a corner cupboard filled with attractive blue and white china. We can see the stock of a gun hanging above the fireplace. He borrows light from the window behind him.
Music was an important part of the social life of the day. There was a whirl of informal musical soirées as well as amateur performances in the public rooms.
The sailors garb worn by this musician was a fashion led by Royal princes, but it may suggest he was the son of a seafaring family.
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- Artist
- William Eadie
- Materials
- Oil on panel
- Size
- 45 x 30cm
- Collection
- The Home