William Hogarth - The Enraged Musician, Dayton C. Miller Collection

British (artist nationality)
painter, etcher, and engraver (artist role)
Recto: l. c.: The Enraged Musician ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Design'd, Engrav'd, & Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth Nov.br the 30.th 1741. According to Act of Parliament -- Price 3 Shillings - . ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Clark. Feb. 16. 1933 / $10 00; l. l.: C575/693 (inscription)
Etching and engraving. (medium)
Very fine condition. Mounted in mat too closely to left edge. (condition)
The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 16 Feb. 1933. (provenance)
Violin, Oboe, Horn, Drum, Rattle (instrument)
18th century (century)
Exhibition (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.