Large Salon with Organ
1830
Medium
interiors
Classification
interiors
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Thaw Collection
Accession Number
2007-27-12
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of early 19th-century England with *Large Salon with Organ*, a captivating interior scene created around 1830 by an English artist. This artwork, part of the esteemed Thaw Collection at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, offers a glimpse into the grandeur of a spacious salon—a formal reception room in a prosperous home. The inclusion of an organ hints at musical refinement and leisure, evoking the refined social gatherings of the Regency-to-Victorian transition, when such spaces symbolized wealth and cultural sophistication. Interior paintings like this one were ...