Oil paint on canvas
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Chantrey Bequest
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Rehearsal
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1907
adults
arts and entertainment
Beguinot
clothing and personal items
domestic
fine arts and music
group
groups
groups
hotelier / restauranteur
instrument, cello
instrument, piano
instrument, violin
interiors
leisure and pastimes
man
man, old
music
music and entertainment
music room
musician
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
shawl
spectacles
trading and commercial
woman
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
The Rehearsal
support: 2145 × 3060 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1907
<p><b>N02137</b> THE REHEARSAL 1907
<br/>
<br/>Inscr. ‘L. Campbell Taylor 1907 -’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 85 1/4×120 1/4 (216·5×305·5).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1907.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1907 (487).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Rudolf Dircks, ‘Royal Academy Exhibition, 1907’ in <i>Art Journal</i>, 1907, pp.198–200, repr. p.202; Herbert Furst, <i>Leonard Campbell Taylor, R.A.: His Place in Art</i>, 1945, pp.40–1, 139, repr. pl.6.
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
<i>Studio</i>, XLI, 1907, p.35.</p>
<p>The figures are shown grouped around the Broadwood piano that was used by Chopin during his recitals in London in 1848. The model who posed for the seated violinist was Monsieur Beguinot, the famous Soho <i>restaurateur</i>. The' cellist was a repairing tailor whom the artist found standing on the kerb in the Cornmarket, Oxford. Professional models were used for the figures of the man standing on the left and the girl seated at the piano; the second girl was the daughter of a Surrey farmer. A small replica, approximately 20×30 in., was in the collection of A. A. Paton.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults arts and entertainment Beguinot clothing and personal items domestic fine arts and music group groups groups hotelier / restauranteur instrument, cello instrument, piano instrument, violin interiors leisure and pastimes man man, old music music and entertainment musician music room named individuals objects people portraits shawl spectacles trading and commercial woman work and occupations