Musique de la garde nationale: Section des instrumens honteux

Bouchot, Frédéric (born 1798)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1836-1837

Height:

34.1 cm  (13 7/16 in.)

Width:

24.9 cm  (9 13/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

hand-colored lithograph on paper

Place of creation:

Paris (France)

Additional titles

Description

Two musicians from the band of the National Guard. One is playing a triangle and the other hand cymbals. Two other bandsmen are seen in the background. This caricature is number 16 of 30 from a lithographic series entitled 'Les Bonnes têtes musicales', published by Aubert & Cie in 1836-37, depicting satirical scenes of musicians.

Iconclass

48C7344(TRIANGLE)
45C91
military band

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Triangle [3005] (A National Guard musician plays a closed triangle without jingling rings.)
Cymbals [2451] (A National Guard musician plays a pair of small hand cymbals.)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Berry, Mark. Index of triangle iconography (Bowling Green, Kentucky: Living Sound Publications, 2017).

RIdIM record id

7150

Data provider

Dr. Mark Berry