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Lithograph of a group of blind street musicians with dogs walking past a seated rival musician in a Paris street scene.

Blind Musicians Confronting a Street Musician and His Dog, Paris Lithograph

A lithograph shows a group of blind musicians with a drum, violin and clarinet, led by a child, walking along a stone wall with their dogs. Facing them, a seated street musician with a hat on a pole plays a clarinet beside a small dog, with a Paris street and rooftops behind. The caption below reads Les Musiciens Aveugles.

Artist
Baptiste, Sylvestre, 1791-1859.
Date
1828
Medium
Humorous pictures Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3020 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1828.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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