A Sunday Concert
n.d.
Medium
Etching and aquatint in brown on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 33.5 × 48.5 cm (13 1/4 × 19 1/8 in.); Plate: 36.5 × 50 cm (14 3/8 × 19 11/16 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 51.4 cm (14 13/16 × 20 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
90018
Art Historical Context
"A Sunday Concert" by James Bretherton invites viewers into a refined social gathering through the delicate medium of etching and aquatint. Printed in warm brown ink on cream laid paper, the work measures roughly 13 by 19 inches in the image area. These techniques combine the precise lines of etching with aquatint’s tonal washes, allowing the artist to suggest the soft lighting and intimate atmosphere of a domestic musical performance. Held in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Prints and Drawings collection, the print exemplifies how 18th- and early 19th-century artists used reproducible media t...