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  • Patie Birnie, a fiddler. Wash drawing.
  • A blind fiddler walks with his dog. Etching by or after Rembrandt, 1631.
  • A fiddler of Moorish descent (?). Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience; a child to the right imitates the fiddler. Line engraving by T. Nicholson after D. Wilkie.
  • A fiddler falls over in fright at a skeleton. Etching by J. Neagle after C. Edgeworth, 1801.
  • A merry crowd with a fiddler playing a tune celebrates a marriage as the groom kisses the bride. Etching.
  • African American people at a dance: the fiddler sits apart with a puzzled expression. Colour process print after L. Hopkins.
  • The feet of C. H. Unthan, the armless fiddler. (R) My Feet: The toes of the right foot speard out, (L) Sharpening A Pencil
  • A fiddler plays in a tavern with a family drinking at one table and others in the background. Engraving by Ryland after R. Brakenburg.
  • A blind fiddler plays to a mixed age audience, among them a dog which is about to be beaten for howling. Etching by W. Geikie.
  • Hudibras confronts with a pistol a club-wielding crowd, including Crowdero the fiddler with a peg leg, Talgot the butcher, and Orsin with his bear. Engraving by William Hogarth.
  • A man sits drinking at a table and is entertained by a fiddler as a woman holds his music open. Etching by D. Deuchar, 18th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • Hudibras confronts, with a pistol, a club-wielding crowd, including Crowdero the fiddler with a peg leg, Taglot the butcher, and Orsin with his bear. Aquatint by Rosenburg, 1799, after William Hogarth.
  • The wedding of Kloris and Roosje: a couple dance to the music of a fiddler, other people sit at a table eating and drinking. Engraving by P. Tanjé after C. Troost, 1734.
  • A man is sitting on a stool playing a fiddle. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • Michael Simon and Gerald Fidler, two air force officers, together in a garden. Photograph, 1943.
  • Michael Simon and Gerald Fidler, two air force officers, together in a garden. Photograph, 1943.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a large family. Engraving by T. Nicholson after David Wilkie.
  • Men in clerical dress are dancing to the tune the man is playing on his fiddle. Lithograph.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience. Colour engraving by J. Burnet after D. Wilkie, 1806.
  • A crowd are gathered on a village green, some are dancing to the tune of the fiddler standing on a barrel, and some are eating and drinking at the tables. Engraving by William Finden after W.M. Craig after David Teniers the younger.
  • A man is standing on the edge of a market place playing a fiddle with a bow. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by M. Liart, c. 1783, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by J. Heudelot, late 18th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • A man is playing a fiddle as a group of men and women dance around the equestrian statue of Henri IV on the Pont Neuf in Paris. Aquatint with etching, 1822.
  • Above, a family of street musicians playing the guitar, the triangle and the fiddle; below, five men in military uniforms at table, with a servant bringing in a roast pig. Etching by Ferdinand, King of Portugal, 1844.
  • A large group of people are bringing in a load of hay on a cart, one man in front is playing a fiddle, and children are travelling on top of the hay. Wood engraving after E.N. Downes.
  • A man has left his hat and stick resting on a chair as he stands to play his violin in the market place. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • A man sitting on a stool playing a violin. Etching by D. Deuchar.
  • A man, a woman and two children stand and listen to a man playing a violin. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1802, after A. van Ostade.