[The enraged musician] [graphic]Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker[between 1783 and 1793?]engA scene in London, possibly near St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, shows a musician at an open window holding his ears against the noise of the street; a pregnant ballad-seller chants while her baby cries and a parrot above her head on the lamp post squawks; a milkmaid and other street-traders cry their wares; one small boy plays a drum while another urinates under the startled gaze of a small girl who holds a rattle and stands by a house made of toy blocks; an itinerant oboist plays; a dustman carries his basket and a bell; a knife-grinder sharpens a cleaver, a dog barking at his feet; on the roof at the right two cats fight (both shown with arched backs) just beyond the chimney from which a chimney sweep emergesTitle based on published original.Date based on Dent's years of activity.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 152