, JEW’S HARP-JAW-MOUTH-MUSIC-DOG [John BURNET after WILKIE, c. 1809], Pictura Antique Prints

JEW’S HARP-JAW-MOUTH-MUSIC-DOG [John BURNET after WILKIE, c. 1809]

Print

€175.00

The Jews Harp – This original antique prints shows a family and dog. The man is playing the Jew’s harp. The Jew’s harp, also known as the jaw harp, mouth harp, Ozark harp or juice harp, is a lamellophone instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or reed attached to a frame.

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Description

The Jews Harp

Engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 24 x 29 cm. Image size: 19,7 x 26,7 cm.

Source unknown, to be determined.

Made by John Burnet after David Wilkie. John Burnet (1781-1868) was a Scottish painter and engraver. He was apprenticed to the engraver Robert Scott. In 1806 he moved to London where he became an established painter of portraits, landscapes and rural genre pieces. As an engraver he produced illustrations for editions of Burns’s poems and Walter Scott’s Waverley Novels. David Wilkie (1785-1841) was a Scottish painter.

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed within platemark. Light ghosting from previous matting. Light soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: JEW’S HARP-JAW-MOUTH-MUSIC-DOG

PCOM-A6-22

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Dimensions 24 × 24 × 1 cm

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