A gentleman sits on a barrel in a farm yard playing his trumpet. The pigs, chickens, geese, a cat and dog and the run away in terror; a cow looks on the scene with a worried expression; chickens on the roof line of an outbuilding look as if they are about to take flight like the doves leaving the dovecote that is tumbling down in the background. The farmer in a smock and his family and dog also run away in the distance
Alternative Title:
Affected musician
Description:
Title engraved above image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: The ancient Orpheus play'd such rigs, in music, he could charm the pigs ..., Plate numbered '252' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: farm cottage
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Barrels, Birdhouses, Dwellings, Donkeys, Musical instruments, Poultry, Swine, and Trumpets
