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Description: | Male, female and child on a pedestal. The woman is sat on the left. She is wearing robes and sandals and holds a nude child up to an harp which it is plucking. The man is on the right, leaning on his left hip. He wears a loin cloth and holds his right hand up to the arp. The instrument features snake ornamentation at its base. Both the female and male figures wear garlands of laurel leaves around their heads. Foliage can be seen in the background behind the group.
Technique: engraving (printing process)
medium: ink (black)
Man and woman flank a harp, a baby in the woman's arms plays the harp by Francesco Bartolozzi RA, E. P. Burnley (after), about 1780, (1920.319). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.101422 | Go to resource |
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