Le Troubadour Jouant de Six Instruments: Le Bon Genre No. 86

4th in collection of 4 (of 115) hand-colored engraved plates. 'One of French prints, c. 1815, on the British in Paris. An itinerant musician in fancy costume stands on a low stool, full-face. He blows a set of pan-pipes or syrinx, and plays a mandolin. A large drum is on his back, which he beats with a drumstick tied above the left elbow. A triangle dangles from a cord, and is struck by a metal rod projecting from above the right knee. Cymbals between his legs are fastened to his calves. In his cap is a tall plume in which are many little bells. The spectators are two pretty grisettes, each with a soldier; on the left an Austrian (?), on the right a Highlander. Plate numbered 86. December 1815' -- British Museum. 4th in collection of 4 (of 115) hand-colored engraved plates. 'One of French prints, c. 1815, on the British in Paris. An itinerant musician in fancy costume stands on a low stool, full-face. He blows a set of pan-pipes or syrinx, and plays a mandolin. A large drum is on his back, which he beats with a drumstick tied above the left elbow. A triangle dangles from a cord, and is struck by a metal rod projecting from above the right knee. Cymbals between his legs are fastened to his calves. In his cap is a tall plume in which are many little bells. The spectators are two pretty grisettes, each with a soldier; on the left an Austrian (?), on the right a Highlander. Plate numbered 86. December 1815' -- British Museum. Small oblong folio, matted; plate marks, margins intact. New York, Augustin Fries, 1958.