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| Picture No | 10579128 |
| Date | 1816 |
| Description | Street music: A bird mimic, 1816 |
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A street musician who mimics the notes of common English birds by means of a folded bit of tin, which is held between the teeth; but in order to engage the attention of the credulous, he pretends ro draw his tones from two tobacco pipes. A boy in the foreground appears to be selling sheet music.
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| Source | Engraving by J.T Smith, 1816. |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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