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Le Troubadour jouant de Six Instrumens [sic]

Print
1817 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This was originally published by Pierre Joseph Antoine de la Mésangère (1761-1830), better known by the name of Le Mésangère, as plate number 86 in Le Bon Genre, in his first edition of hand-coloured engravings showing French life and fashion, published in 1817.

The one-man band is performing outdoors to two couples standing on the grass either side of him. Both of the male onlookers are soldiers, one in a kilted regiment, each with a fashionably-dressed lady. The original text relating to the plate indicates that this was drawn in 1815, and notes that the musician moves his head, shoulders and knees in time to the music and plays all the instruments.





Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLe Troubadour jouant de Six Instrumens [sic] (published title)
Materials and techniques
Printing ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Hand-coloured lithograph titled Le Troubadour jouant de Six Instrumens[sic]. Plate No. 86 from an edition of Le Bon Genre, Observations sur les Modes et les Usages de Paris, originally published in Paris in 1817 by Pierre de la Mésangère (1761-1830)
Physical description
Hand-coloured etching showing a musician standing on a wooden box playing a mandolin and pan pipes attached to his body along with cymbals, a triangle, a drum, and bells on the plume of his hat. Titled in the margin below: 'Le Troubadour jouant de Six Instrumens' [sic] and above: 'Le Bon Genre No.86'

Dimensions
  • Height: 21.6cm
  • Width: 28.3cm
Summary
This was originally published by Pierre Joseph Antoine de la Mésangère (1761-1830), better known by the name of Le Mésangère, as plate number 86 in Le Bon Genre, in his first edition of hand-coloured engravings showing French life and fashion, published in 1817.

The one-man band is performing outdoors to two couples standing on the grass either side of him. Both of the male onlookers are soldiers, one in a kilted regiment, each with a fashionably-dressed lady. The original text relating to the plate indicates that this was drawn in 1815, and notes that the musician moves his head, shoulders and knees in time to the music and plays all the instruments.



Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
S.251-2018

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Record createdOctober 15, 2018
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