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Costume of the Lower Orders of London

Print
1819 (published)
Artist/Maker
Busby, Thomas (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print depicting a street musician playing a fiddle, the bow held with a mechanical hand.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Class
Disability
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Costume of the Lower Orders of London (series title)
  • Mechanical Fiddler (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving on paper
Engraving
Brief description
'Mechanical Fiddler', engraving by Thomas Lord Busby from a series entitled 'Costume of the Lower Orders of London', Great Britain, 1819
Physical description
Print depicting a street musician playing a fiddle, the bow held with a mechanical hand.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Drawn & Eng'd by T. L. Busby
  • Pub'd Nov'r 1, 1819, for T.L. Busby by Messrs. Baldwin & Co. Paternoster Row & at the Artists Depository. 87. Charlotte St. Fitzroy Squ'e.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29634:135

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O956415/costume-of-the-lower-orders-print-busby-thomas/
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