Suicide of a musician or Death of a musician, Octave Tassaert, 1859

Plate 191: a musician seated on a chair in front of a small brasier, holds a violin in one hand, the bow in the other, and looks pitiful; the room is furnished very simply, a bed in an alcove at the back is partially hidden by a drawn curtain hanging from a string pinned across from a beam, near a picture, a music stand, basket and a violin case in the foreground; after octave tassaert. 1859 lithograph on grey chine collé. Date: 1859. Dimensions: Height: 254 mm (image); Width: 211 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. La mort du musicien (Death of a musician) (BM 1880,0710.199)