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This painting is titled after William Shakespeare's Sonnet No.128. It shows a young lady wearing a dark green dress of rich fabric trimmed with rose-pink pleated silk and white lace, with a white lace mop-cap upon her head also trimmed with pink. She is depicted in profile playing a two-manual harpsichord. A cittern hangs from a strap on her chair, and a recorder, music books and music case lie on the floor. The harpsichord lid is raised and she looks intently at the music on its stand. Two further volumes lie on top of the instrument. The two large tapestry curtains are parted to reveal another room beyond, with a Netherlandish type of floor, and there is a round convex mirror on the wall in which, van Eyck-style, is the reflection of someone watching her, maybe her teacher looking at an open book or perhaps music.
Title
'With thy sweet fingers'
Date
1883
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 34 x W 42.5 cm
Accession number
2003.1842
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
E. Hipkins, 1883
