A man playing the violin with the instrument representing his face. Etching attributed to Cruikshank.

Date:
1818
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34155i
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A man playing the violin with the instrument representing his face. Etching attributed to Cruikshank. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Identified as P. Spagnoletti (1768-1834), leader of the orchestra at the King's Theatre (Opera) for nearly 30 years, and one of the first Associates of the Philharmonic Society founded in 1813"--British Museum, loc. cit.

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[London?] : [publisher not identified]

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1 print : etching ; image 25 x 20.5 cm

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A celebrated performer in the Philharmonic Society.

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[State without theatre boxes in the background and without Fores's imprint].

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. 9, London 1949, no. 13085 (state published by Fores in 1818 and attributed to George or Isaac Robert Cruikshank)

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Wellcome Collection 34155i

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Attributed to a member of the Cruikshank family, or to a copyist after one of them (British Museum, loc. cit.)

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