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'Fiddlestick versus broomstick', 1831. Artist: Anon

'Fiddlestick versus broomstick', 1831. Artist: Anon

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'Fiddlestick versus broomstick', 1831. Paganini standing on a chair with a fiddle in one hand and bow in the other. Around the table sit John Key (Lord Mayor of London), Henry Brougham, Charles (Earl) Grey and Lord John Russell. The freedom of the City was presented to Lord John Russell at the Mansion House on 9 July 1831; Paganini was invited to play a concerto.

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Creator
  1. Anon, attributed to: {}: Search Wikipedia for Anon
After
  1. Robert Seymour: British: Artist, illustrator, printmaker, painterSearch Wikipedia for Robert Seymour
Subject
  1. Sir John Key: British: Lord Mayor of LondonSearch Wikipedia for Sir John Key
  2. Nicolo Paganini: Italian: Composer, violin virtuosoSearch Wikipedia for Nicolo Paganini
  3. Henry Peter Brougham: British: Lord Chancellor, politician, social scientist, educationistSearch Wikipedia for Henry Peter Brougham
  4. Charles Grey: British: Statesman, Prime Minister, politicianSearch Wikipedia for Charles Grey
  5. Lord John Russell: British: Politician, First Lord of the Treasury, prime ministerSearch Wikipedia for Lord John Russell
Medium
  1. Lithograph
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire
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  1. 51 30 51 N , 000 05 37 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3494x2328
File Size : 23,831kb

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  1. 18150
  1. p5427051
  1. 0220005360
  1. 1-620-721
  1. 1620721
  1. 18150
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