Birds’ Music

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An older woman plays a bird organ on her window ledge while looking at a bird inside its cage — Birds' music.
(Facing p. 350.)

Artist

Name:: Gavarni, Paul
Dates:: 1804-1866
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: People
Technique:: Metal engraving
Engraver:: Willmann, Édouard
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Robarts Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les symphonies de l'hiver
Author(s):: Janin, Jules
Publisher:: Paris: Morizot, 1858
Open Library:: View record

Description

An older woman wearing a headscarf plays a bird organ on her window ledge while looking up with a faint, hopeful smile at the bird which can be seen inside a cage hanging from the side of the arched window.

The caption reads in the original French: Musique des oiseaux.

Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, bird, black & white, female, music, smiling