The enraged musician

Hogarth, William (1697-1764)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1741
Height:
35.3 cm  (13 7/8 in.)
Width:
40.7 cm  (16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
etching and engraving
Place 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

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RIdIM record id

816