Ars musica / [compass pointing to the North] Esqr. del.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Ars musica / [compass pointing to the North] Esqr. del.
[London] : Pubd Feby 16th 1800 by H Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1800]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.503
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[London] : Pubd Feby 16th 1800. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street, [1800]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray after Brownlow North; signed at lower right with North's "compass" hieroglyph.

Summary: 

Print shows a grinning woman sitting full-face behind a square piano, playing with complacent vigour. At her feet is a dog. She accompanies an elderly violinist (left) and 'cellist (right), who both regard her with rage; the former has ceased playing.

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