Royalty Free Humour Forte Piano Plump And Slim 19Th Century Cartoon premium stock clip art

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This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated November 1st, 1829. (1829 is in the reign of William IV, but most of Cruikshank's artistic work was in the long reign of Queen Victoria.) Cruikshank went on to illustrate a number of the books of Charles Dickens. Title: Forte ... Piano Description: Cruikshank makes a play on the musical terms for loud and soft. The plump lady, he conjectures, plays fortissimo, whilst her slim companion plays softly. Designed Etched & Published by Geo. Cruikshank – Novr. 1st 1829 More cartoons by George Cruikshank: Antique engravings: Humour Music, Songs and Sounds