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Picco, the Sardinian Minstrel - from a photograph by John Watkins, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

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Picco, the Sardinian Minstrel - from a photograph by John Watkins, 1856. 'This young man, who has been astonishing the...musical world by his performances on an instrument of the humblest possible kind - has...had a concert at the Hanover-square Room...when the effects which he produced by means of his poor little instrument were at once so marvellous and so beautiful that a large audience...were filled with wonder and delight...the son of a Piedmontese shepherd, blind from his birth, and destitute of any musical education...his extraordinary attainments were discovered by accident. A sportsman, wandering among the Apennines, was struck by hearing...a singular strain of music, and found that it proceeded from a country lad, playing on the rude instrument we have mentioned. [His father]...was persuaded to allow his son to be taken to Milan, with the view of making something by his talent'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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Photo12/Heritage Images

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HRM23A57_126

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6,8Mo (547,4Ko) / 10,7cm x 15,9cm / 1266 x 1879 (300dpi)

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