The Harmonic Meeting, Egbert van Heemskerck II, 1771

Satire; a group with animal heads, playing instruments, singing, dancing and drinking, including a group in the right foreground playing fire-tongs and other implements, a conductor with a cat and owl on his shoulder and a monkey playing a drum, perched on a ladder on the left; lit by a brazier on the wall, next to a painting of a landscape with inn and windmills. 1771 mezzotint with some etching. Date: 1771. Dimensions: Height: 253 mm; Width: 355 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Gaetano Guadagni. Collection: British Museum. The Harmonic Meeting (BM 2010,7081.1123)