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The comedies, tragedies, and operas Written by John Dryden, Esq; now first collected together, and corrected from the originals. In two volumes.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.Date: MDCCI. [1701]- Pictures
A priest holding a lute (?) at a temple located high in the mountains. Drawing by an Indian artist.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 576976i- Pictures
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A Japanese man and woman having sexual intercourse, the woman lying on top, playing a lute. Ceramic tile by Japanese craftsman.
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A woman accompanies herself on the lute as she sings, the man next to her is grimacing as he listens. Coloured etching.
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Women in a harem, smoking the hooka, brushing their hair, and playing the lute. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
Morin, Edmond, 1824-1882.Reference: 578896i- Pictures
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A young man surrounded by flying cupids and a lute-playing figure, observed by a young woman accompanied by an elderly man. Etching.
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A couple dance the salterello as a woman plays the tambourine and a man plays a lute. Engraving by Luigi Barocci after Cesare Masini.
Masini, Cesare, 1812-1891.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 34256i- Pictures
Pierre de Chastelard playing the lute and singing to Mary queen of Scots, who looks lovingly at him. Engraving by A. Duncan, 1830, after H. Fradelle.
Fradelle, Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire, 1778-1865.Date: June 15, 1830Reference: 2499392i- Pictures
Connocht Moran plays the lute to the daughter of an Ó Conchobhair King and urges her to elope with him. Etching by Charles West Cope, 1844.
Cope, Charles West, 1811-1890.Date: [1844]Reference: 2823109i- Pictures
Music making: a woman playing the shamisen, another woman playing a lute, and a man playing the flute. Colour lithograph in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.
Tosa, Mitsuoki, 1617-1691.Date: 1894Reference: 728857iPart of: Japanese courtly recreations, sports and entertainments. Colour lithographs in the style of Tosa Mitsuoki, 1894.- Pictures
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The domestic life of Martin Luther at Wittenberg: Luther plays the lute, his wife and children listen, along with Melanchthon. Engraving by J.D. Nargeot after P.A. Labouchère.
Labouchère, Pierre Antoine, 1807-1873.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 28671i- Pictures
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A hermit in devotion before the Cross, turning his back on children with instruments of arts and sciences (a lute, a celestial globe, a book, and a paintbrush). Etching.
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An episode in the play Marion de Lorme by Victor Hugo: Marion sits on a balcony at Blois while Didier wooes her by playing the lute. Aquatint by A. Guérin after A. Johannot.
Johannot, Alfred, 1800-1837.Date: 1831Reference: 28054i- Pictures
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A dinner party: a young man plays the lute while a young woman puts a piece of meat into the mouth of the man at the head of the table. Etching by Vivant Denon, 1793, after G. Honthorst.
Honthorst, Gerrit van, 1592-1656.Date: 1793Reference: 2474494i- Books
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All the histories and novels written by the late ingenious Mrs. Behn, entire in one volume. Viz. I. The history of Oroonoko, or the royal slave. Written by the command of King Charles the Second. II. The fair jilt, or Prince Tarquin. III. Agnes de Castro, or the force of generous love. IV. The lovers watch, or the art of making love; being rules for courtship for every hour of the day and night. V. The ladies looking-glass to dress themselves by, or the whole art of charming all mankind. VI. The lucky mistake. VII. Memoirs of the court of the King of Bantam. VIII. The nun, or the perjured beauty. IX. The adventure of the black lady. These three last never before published. Together with the history of the life and memoirs of Mrs. Behn. Never before printed. By one of the fair sex. Intermix'd with pleasant love-letters that pass'd betwixt her and Minheer Van Bruin, a Dutch merchant; with her character of the country and lover: and her love-letters to a gentleman in England.
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.Date: [1700]- Books
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Harmonia sacra: or, divine hymns and dialogues: with a through-bass for the theorbo-lute, bass-viol, harpsichord, or organ. Composed by the best masters of the last and present age. The words by several learned and pious persons. Book II.
Date: 1726- Books
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Harmonia sacra: or, divine hymns and dialogues; with a through-bass for the theorbo-lute, bass viol, harpsichord, or organ. Composed by the best masters of the last and present age. The words by several learned and pious persons. The first book.
Date: 1703- Books
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Harmonia sacra: or, divine hymns and dialogues: with a through-bass for the theorbo-lute, bass-viol, harpsichord, or organ. Composed by the best masters of the last and present age. The words by several learned and pious persons. The first book.
Date: 1726- Pictures
Minerva with attributes of war and the arts. Engraving by or after A. Bosse.
Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 2853648i- Pictures
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Above, Lo Xuegu(?), a Chinese painter, shown seated in front of his artist's materials, playing a lute-like instrument and singing, while his dog dances; below, an attempt to photograph a Niō (Buddhist diety), who is watched with amusement by a fellow Niō. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, ca. 1870.
Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.Date: [1870?]Reference: 567417i- Books
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Te Deum et jubilate, for voices and instruments, perform'd before the Queen, Lords, and Commons, at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul, on the thanksgiving-day, for the glorious successes of Her Majesty's army the last campaign. Compos'd by the late famous Mr. Henry Purcel.
Date: [1707]- Books
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Orpheus britannicus. A collection of all the choicest songs. For one, two, and three voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with such symphonies for violins or flutes, as were by him design'd for any of them: and a through-bass to each song; figur'd for the organ, harpsichord, or theorbo-lute.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.Date: MDCCVI. [1706]- Pictures
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Three men playing wind and string instruments. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 33975i- Books
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Orpheus Britannicus. A collection of the choicest songs, for one, two, and three voices. Compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with such symphonies for violins or flutes, as were by him design'd for any of them: and a thorough-bass to each song. Figur'd for the organ, harpsichord, or theorbo-lute. The second book, which renders the first compleat.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.Date: 1702- Books
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Arcangelo corelli opers prima XII sonatas of three parts for two violins and a bass with a through bass for ye organ harpsicord or arch lute engrav'd from ye score and carefully corected by ye best Italian masters. Note. There are five operas of this author's engrav'd iv.th may be had single or in one volume being all that are as yet publishd.
Corelli, Arcangelo, 1653-1713.Date: [1705?]