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[Flute player in the rain] / Henry Ritter [artwork]

Title: [Flute player in the rain] [artwork]
Artist: Ritter, Henry, 1816-1853
Genre: artwork
Date Created: ca. 1847
Physical Description: Mount: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (22.2 x 27.3 cm.); image: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 15.0 cm.)
Artist nationality: Canadian
Artist role: marine and genre painter, caricaturist, and illustrator
Inscription: Recto: l. r.: (monogram) HR ; verso of print: (image of a man walking and columns of text in old German font) ; verso of mount: u. l.: (in pencil) Harrwitz - Berlin / Dec. 26. 1929 / 50¢ ; l. r.: (in pencil) 3 3/4 x 5 5/8 ; l. l.: C575/50
Medium: Wood engraving.
Condition: Good condition. A few light brown stains in upper half of print at left and right. Image is glued to mount. Mount has some light stains, a few small edge tears, and adhesive tape stains at top left and right corners of upper edge.
Provenance: Max Harrwitz, Berlin, 26 Dec. 1929.
Instrument: Flute or Fife
Century: 19th century
Subject: Caricature
Miller category: Caricatures and Cartoons
Miller ID: 0201/C
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Last Updated: 07-07-2010

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