Two Ladies Making Music 1806

"Two Ladies Making Music" is a black and white chalk drawing on blue paper by English artist Charles Howard Hodges, completed in 1806. The artwork depicts two women in fashionable attire, one reading sheet music and the other playing a guitar. The piece is characteristic of Hodges' work, which often focused on scenes of domestic life and leisure. This particular piece is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and measures 403 mm in height and 379 mm in width. The drawing has a light and airy feel, capturing the elegance of 19th-century society.