Gainsborough and the Linley Sisters: The Problem with
Muses of Music
Tuesday 16 March 2.30 –
3.30pm
Domestic music-making became an indispensable
accomplishment for young ladies in eighteenth-century Britain; its
popularity is apparent in the visual arts. The performance of music
by women, however, often served to underline the ideal of feminine
submission, and became controversial if performed in public by
figures such as Elizabeth Linley
With Jordon Mearns, MA University of
Edinburgh, freelance art historian
Free of charge
Linbury Room