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.

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From the public. Whereas some low and scurrilous Papers have lately been imposed on us, by that respectable Society, who are pleased to term themselves, the Gentlemen Musicians of this City, endeavouring to persuade us, that Mr. Digges, Manager of the Theatre, has, contrary to Justice, refused to pay them their several Salaries, due to them by mutual Agreement. We here give it as our general and candid Opinion, that Mr. Digges's Obligation of paying these Salaries, was certainly forfeited by the remaining Part of the Musicians, who refused to play, unless Marine and Thomson were employed along with them, a Stipulation which these Fiddlers had certainly no Right to insist on. We now sufficiently discover the artful Representation of their Case, and, by the Testimony of all those who are any way employed by Mr. Digges, have detected the Fallacy of their Arguments, and do hereby signify our utmost Contempt of their infamous and groundless Assertions. As for their low Dotractions of Mr. Digges's private Character, Disregard from Him, and hearty Contempt from Us, are their ample Deserts.

Inventing the thrifty gene : the science of settler colonialism / Travis Hay ; with  an afterword by Teri Redsky Fiddler.

A man is sitting on a stool playing a fiddle. Etching by D. Deuchar.

The voice of discord, or the battle of the fiddles. A history of a seditious and unnatural attempt upon the lives and properties of fifty singers and fiddlers. = La voix de la discorde, ou la bataille des violons. Histoire d'un attentat seditieux, et [illegible] contre la Vie et les Biens de cinquante Chanteurs et Violinistes.

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Inventing the thrifty gene : the science of settler colonialism / Travis Hay ; with an afterword by Teri Redsky Fiddler.

A man is sitting on a stool playing a fiddle. Etching by D. Deuchar.

African American people at a dance: the fiddler sits apart with a puzzled expression. Colour process print after L. Hopkins.

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Inventing the thrifty gene : the science of settler colonialism / Travis Hay ; with an afterword by Teri Redsky Fiddler.

A man is sitting on a stool playing a fiddle. Etching by D. Deuchar.

African American people at a dance: the fiddler sits apart with a puzzled expression. Colour process print after L. Hopkins.