I couldn't find the picture on that site but found it at
http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/index.cfm?event=catalogue.product&productID=88042
for those interested. Click on the picture for a larger version.
Looks like a HG to me :-)
Colin Hill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas A.Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "HG List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:48 PM
Subject: [HG] Hurdy


> Hello All;
>
> An interesting thing to report.  I recently attended an art exhibit
> about Monet's earlier, less well known work:
>
> <http://www.clarkart.edu/exhibitions/monet/content/home.cfm>
>
> One of the caricatures that he did (the paying job he had before he
> became famous) is this one:
>
>
> After Nadar (Félix Tournachon)
> Caricature of Adolphe Dennery, c. 1858
> Graphite on buff paper, 320 x 240 mm
> Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
>
>
> Which, according to the signage shows Dennery playing a mandolin...not
> unless a mandolin has a crank on the end, has a keybox with keys, and
> has a wheel cover; Mr. Dennery is pretty clearly playing a vielle à
> roue (is that the correct French term for hurdy?).
>
> Which I found quite interesting.  I was planning on writing them and
> letting them know.
>
> Thought y'all might find it of some interest.
>
> Tom Frank
>
>
>


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