Stipple engraving of St. Caecilia, the patron saint of music.

by Thomas Watson 1743-1781 after Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792 by Organ - 18th Century - English

$550 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

St. Caecilia is seated at an organ with an open music book above the keyboard; two cherubs sing from a music book to her right. The model for the painting was the singer/actress Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan née Elizabeth Ann Linley 1754-1792 , daughter of the composer and conductor Thomas Linley 1733-1795 . 370 x 280 mm. Printed on wove paper.Some wear; minor chips, tears, and soiling to edges with remnants of former mount to upper right

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