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Untitled (family playing musical instruments in living room)

Untitled (family playing musical instruments in living room)

Lucian and Mary Brown

Untitled (Christmas card: sheet music with children's faces)

Untitled (Christmas card: sheet music with children's faces)

Lucian and Mary Brown

Untitled (men in striped suits, seated, with musical instruments)

Untitled (men in striped suits, seated, with musical instruments), active 1930s

Hamblin Studio

The Book Keeper/or The End of the Month (Cover of Sheet Music)

The Book Keeper/or The End of the Month (Cover of Sheet Music), 1808 - 1891

Eugéne Hippolyte Forest

Just  Leave Me Alone/ Cover of sheet music

Just Leave Me Alone/ Cover of sheet music, actual dates unknown; nineteenth century

? Gerlier

Do You Hear the Gondolas/Cover of sheet music

Do You Hear the Gondolas/Cover of sheet music, 1804 - 1895

Alexis (?) Bafcop

Sheet Music: Tea,  After the Wedding of Miss Gibou

Sheet Music: Tea, After the Wedding of Miss Gibou, 1800 - 1899

Anonymous France 1835

Miss Gibou's Wedding Night/Cover of Sheet Music

Miss Gibou's Wedding Night/Cover of Sheet Music, 1793 - 1867

Francisque-Martin-François Grenier de Saint-Martin

A wide cylinder which is decorated and topped by two symmetrical curling protrusions.

Ritual Bell (Bo zhong) with Stylized Dragon and Snake Decor and with Handle in the Form of Addorsed Birds

Chinese

Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Nocturne in Blue and Silver, 1834 - 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

A printed invitation with a decorative frame featuring cherubs, flowers, and musical instruments surrounding the text.

Invitation to a Ball, 1715 - 1790

Charles-Nicolas Cochin le jeune

A cover for sheet music with text and an illustration of an elderly couple in Nineteenth Century dress

The Old Flirts, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Two figures who hold a paper and open their mouths, as if singing from music.

Two Singers, 1808-1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Midari Rinchi, number three from the series Three Different Musical Instruments

Midari Rinchi, number three from the series Three Different Musical Instruments, fl. 1799 - 1823

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai 柳々居辰斎

"Old Homer Sang a Royal Wash . . . "

"Old Homer Sang a Royal Wash . . . ", 18th-19th centuries

W. Hawkes Smith

The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso)

The Bagpipe Player (drawing, recto; calligraphy, verso), c. 1560-70 - 1635

Drawing by circle of Aqa Riza (Riza ‘Abbasi)

Salome stares at the viewer, her breasts and midriff bare, while a gnome plays a stringed musical instrument.

The Stomach Dance, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

A cover page for sheet music showing a couple on a rooftop as a shooting star appears overhead

Shooting Stars, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A line of robed figures gathered in front of a tree playing musical instruments and holding banners

"So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job", 1757 - 1827

William Blake

A blue hued drawing of a man and elephant for the musical program Chariot de Terre Cuite.

Program for "Chariot de Terre Cuite," Théâtre de l'OEuvre, 1864 - 1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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