The enraged musician
Hogarth, William (1697-1764)
Item type:printDate of creation:1741Height:35.3 cm (13 7/8 in.)Width:40.7 cm (16 in.)Technique / Medium:etching and engravingPlace of creation:London (England)Item location
- British Museum
Prints & Drawings[Museum inv. no.: S,2.62]
Description
Group of musicians, one man is holding a violin, a second who is a blacksmith is playing a hunting horn, a third who is a street musician is playing oboe and there are two undetermined figures, one playing a drum and the other playing a cog rattle (scraped idiophone). There are also two women singing, who are both from the lower class of society.
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Violin [3573]
Drum [2585]
Bell [2381]
Hunting horn [4138]
Oboe [4232]
Rattle [3036]
RIdIM images
British Museum
Image URLs
image link 1British Museum image link
image link 2British Museum catalog link
RIdIM record id
816