Picture No | 10503768 |
Date | 16th century |
Description | Cat piano and animal choir |
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A cat piano and a choir of animals make up this unusual ensemble. A motely selection of humans also feature-a one legged man plays the cat piano(note the owl and bat that roost on the back of his chair),while an old woman sing along from her bed. Is she a witch, and are these her familars?
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Source | Engraving from the collection of M. Gaston Tissandier in La Nature, 1892. |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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