Le bon Monarque manquoit d'haleine (The good Monarch was short of breath)

after a drawing by L. J. Lefebvre (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Lefebvre, L. J. (original artist)
Recto: u. l.: (above border) Ch. IV. ; u. r.: (above border) Pag. 152. ; bottom center: (title, within border) Le bon Monarque manquoit / d'haleine. ; l. l.: (just beneath border) Dessiné par Lefebvre ; l. r.: (just beneath border) Gravé par Godefroy ; verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/275 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Fine condition. (condition)
Source not known. (provenance)
Flute, Viol (instrument)
Cazotte, Jacques, 1719-1792 (related names)
18th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians including Processions (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.