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(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


