Night Musicians
1760
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1760
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Night Musicians is a 1760 watercolor by John Collet, a Rococo painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Night Musicians is a watercolour painting. It was created by John Collet around 1760. This painting depicts city life before street lighting. It shows a dark back street with an impromptu party, giving a glimpse into everyday life at that time. The scene includes a linkman, who would have provided torch light during the night. To learn more about the style and themes of this painting, look up the movement: Romanticism.
A watercolour on paper by John Collet from 1760 depicts a lively, nocturnal street gathering in an unlit London alley. Among the figures are a drummer, a torch-bearing linkman, a clergyman, a black man, children, and animals, arranged in a humorous genre style.
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John Collet painted lively scenes of 18th-century London life, often in watercolour.
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