[A grinder of music.], Isaac Cruikshank, 1796

Plate 34 to 'eccentric excursions, or. Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance, character and country, in. . England & south wales'. Design in a circle. An elderly man (three-quarter length) seated in a chair turns the handle of a barrel-organ (right), his left hand, held out with a declamatory gesture, rests on the organ. He turns up his eyes theatrically. He is foppishly but not fashionably dressed, wearing an ornate waistcoat with broad lapels. See bmsat 8962. 5 november 1796 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 216 mm; Width: 181 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. (A grinder of music.) (BM 1927,0308.127)