The power of music

Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
19th century
Height:
21.2 cm  (8 3/8 in.)
Width:
33.1 cm  (13 1/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
lithograph with hand color

    Item location

  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
    [Museum inv. no.: 1989.1.47]

Description

Two monkeys in fancy dress playing violins, one seated and one squatting. They are positioned in the corner of a nicely decorated room, both reading from a thick book of music on a short music stand.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573] (two violins)

Musical works

illegible music notation

RIdIM images


Image from www.famsf.org

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3650