[A satire on English admiration for foreign musicians and on those performers] [graphic].

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Title: [A satire on English admiration for foreign musicians and on those performers] [graphic].
Contributor: Hemskirk, E., artist.
Toms, W. H. approximately 1700-1765
Published / Created: [1766?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title assigned by cataloger from British Museum catalogue.
Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1858. Publication date of the original: ca. 1730.
Original etched by W.H. Toms.
Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: You that for music have an ear, attend the tunefull [sic] consort [sic] here, see how they warble for their songs, while one strikes up with shovel and tongues ...
Temporary local subject terms: Foreign musicians -- Jew's harp -- Furniture: tripod table -- Books: music book -- Glass: wine bottles -- Containers: jug -- Lighting: lamp -- Music sheets -- Dancing -- Architectural details: arch -- Brooms -- Fire tongs -- Bulls -- Asses.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 28.7 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 34 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1730
Etchings England London 1766
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Cats
Dancers
Monkeys
Musicians
Musical instruments
Owls
Pipes (Smoking)
Subjects: Cats
Dancers
Monkeys
Musicians
Musical instruments
Owls
Pipes (Smoking)
England > 1730
England > London > 1766

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