Caption
Caricature of a singing pianist, Un monsieur tenant à prouver qu'il peut en même temps chanter et toucher du piano, Musical performances, Croquis musicaux, cartoon, Series number, 5, 17, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, Paris, printer (person): Charles Prudent Trinocq, publisher: Pannier & Cie., 1852, Honoré Daumier, Charles Prudent Trinocq, Pannier & Cie., printmaker, printer (person), publisher, paper, lithography, height 298 mm x width 239 mm, Print used for: Le Charivari, February 17, 1852., male singer, caricatures (human types), pianoforte, A charcoal sketch shows a person seated at a piano with head tilted back and mouth open, one arm extended over the keys and fingers poised on the keyboard, clothing rendered with crosshatched shading and patterned fabric on trousers; behind the piano a group of faces and busts are drawn in lighter strokes, some with beards and mustaches, arranged in a semicircle and looking toward the pianist, while a music stand with open sheet music sits atop the piano and a small decorative object is sketched on the right side of the instrument; the paper shows age with spots and uneven toning and a thin rectangular border frames the scene.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A93_392
License type
Rights managed
Available size
56.8Mb (9.0Mb) / 13.6in x 16.2in / 4085 x 4858 (300dpi)