The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1741.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Date:
Novbr. the 30th 1741
Reference:
39172i
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The enraged musician: a street crowd with a ballad singer is creating such a noise that the musician in the window has to put his hands over his ears. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1741. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The subject is described in detail by Paulson, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : W. Hogarth, Novbr. the 30th 1741.

Lettering

The enraged musician. Designed, engraved & published by Wm. Hogarth Novbr. the 30th 1741. according to Act of Parliament Further lettering within the print: the balladsinger's sheet reads: "The ladies fall"

Edition

Paulson's second state of two.

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, London 1989, no. 152 [158], pp. 110-111

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39172i

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A monochrome oil sketch of the subject is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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