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Tambarina
Adam Buck1799
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Tambarina
- Creator: John Wright after Adam Buck
- Date Created: 1799
- Subject Keywords: female figures, figures (representations), human body, music, musical instruments, musicians, sexuality
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate: “Adam Buck del Wright & Ziegler Sculp”; inscribed in plate: “In gay content a sportive life she led, / The Child of Industry by Labour bred / Her light companions Innocence and Ease. / Her hope was pleasure, and her wish to please.”
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Ellen G. D’Oench (B.A. Wesleyan 1973, Trustee 1977–1979, DAC Curator 1979–1998), 2001
- Materials & Techniques: Stipple engraving and aquatint on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Published 1 January 1799 by William Holland (No. 50 Oxford Street)
- Dimensions: 1820
- Bibliography: Per donor correspondence, “A drawing in the Royal Collection, Windsor, attributed to Rowlandson, ‘Tamborina,’ is said to be a close copy of ‘the well-known print by A. Buck” (A.P. Oppé, “English Drawings, Stuart and Georgian Periods, in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle,” London: Phaidon Press, 1950, cat. 549). This drawing, probably by Buck himself, must have been among the many such purchases by George, Prince of Wales.”
- Associated People: Created by John Wright (British (English), 1745-1820), After Adam Buck (British (English), 1759-1833)
- Accession Number: 2001.23.1
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