The Travelling Musicians (BM 1948,0214.590)

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The Travelling Musicians (BM 1948,0214.590)

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Social satire; three musicians entertain in a city street; from the left a woman plays the hurdy-gurdy, a man turns the handle of a mechanical organ and behind a man holds up a tambourine with bells ; a more fashionably dressed woman with children, a seated woman blacking boots and smoking a pipe and a woman passing by pushing a barrow watch. 2 September 1784
Hand-coloured etching

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1784
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British Museum
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