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Le Troubadour jouant de Six Instrumens [sic]
Print
1817 (Published)
1817 (Published)
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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.
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
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| Title | Le 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' |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | S.251-2018 |
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| Record created | October 15, 2018 |
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