" Love stole the pipe of sleeping Pan and play'd / Then with his voice decoys the listening Swain."

after a drawing by Thomas Stothard, history painter, illustrator and designer, 1755-1834 (artist notes)
British (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834 (original artist)
Recto: top center: BELL'S EDITION. / THE POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN / COMPLETE FROM / CHAUCER TO CHURCHILL. ; lower center: HUGHES VOLUME I. / Love stole the pipe of sleeping Pan and play'd / Then with his voice decoys the listening Swain. ; l. l.: Stodhart [sic] del. ; l. r.: Heath Sc. ; bottom center: Printed for John Bell near Exeter Exchange Strand London July 26th 1779. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Reeves / 6 d ; top center: (stamped in purple ink) 3d. / 3d. ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/265 (inscription)
Etching. (medium)
Good condition. Sheet trimmed on left edge. Some surface dirt along left edge. (condition)
Harold Reeves, London, 10 Mar. 1937. (provenance)
Recorder, Panpipes (instrument)
Hughes, John, 1677-1720 (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.