"A young woman plays the piano (right) with painful intentness, and sings, as does the man who holds open her music-book, inscribed 'On Rosy Bed by Tinckling Billy'. A middle-aged military officer stands full face playing the flute. A fat elderly 'cit...
Alternative Title:
Delights of harmony
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Figurines, Music rooms, Musicians, and Sleeping
On Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, Fox is shown walking arm-in-arm with the Duchess of Devonshire left to right. Her petticoats are being blown up to the knee by a blast from the mouth of North, whose head emerges from clouds in the upper left corner...
Alternative Title:
Reynard in his element and Devonshire rout
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 26, 1784, by F. Clarkson, No. 73 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England) and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Butchers, Musicians, Political campaigns, and Political elections
Smith, Charles Loraine, of Enderby, 1751-1835, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1782]
Call Number:
782.06.04.04++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Musicians are grouped round a piano. Their names (some misspelled) are written in the margin. The pianist sits in profile to the right looking fixedly at his score; he is Ferdinando Bertoni, a Venetian composer who accompanied his friend Pacchierotti...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. 4th June 1782 by M. Rack, London
Subject (Name):
Bertoni, Ferdinando, 1725-1813, Pacchierotti, Gasparo, 1744-1821, Duncan, Mary Tufton, Lady, 1723-1806, Cervetto, James, 1747 or 9-1837, Fischer, Johann Christian, 1733-1800, Wilkes, Mary, 1750-1802, and Burney, Charles, 1726-1814
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Concerts, Harpsichords, Musicians, and Musical instruments
"A young woman plays the piano (right) with painful intentness, and sings, as does the man who holds open her music-book, inscribed 'On Rosy Bed by Tinckling Billy'. A middle-aged military officer stands full face playing the flute. A fat elderly 'cit...
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconc...
Alternative Title:
Oddity wags have at ye
Description:
Title etched above image. Above title: Attic miscellany.
"Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Regency, Musicians, Musical instruments, National songs, and Theaters