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| Picture No | 10582943 |
| Date | November 1837 |
| Description | Street music: St Cecilia's Day street scene, 1837 |
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A street scene showing the cacophony of noises to be heard on St Cecila's feast day, the patron saint of music, which falls in November. A marching band competes with a organ grinder, a family of ballad singers, a bag piper, a howling dog, a braying donkey, a town cryer and various other musical endeavours.
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| Source | Illustration by George Cruikshank in Comic Almanack, 1837. |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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