Itinerant musician or bladder man, London, Regency era

Bernardo Millano, an Italian itinerant musician or Bladder man. The hurdy-gurdy like instrument has several strings over a bladder mounted on a long stick, played with a violin bow. In hat, tailcoat, waistcoat and trousers. Copperplate engraving drawn from life and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his own The Cries of London, or Vagabondiana 2, edited by Francis Douce, John Bowyer Nichols, London, 1839

1839 Bladder Capitalism Destitute Francis Douce John Bowyer Nichols John Thomas Smith Lower Classes Musical Instrument Street Performer Strings Tailcoat The Cries Of London Tradesmen Vagabondiana 2 Waistcoat Working Class Working Poor

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