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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.

A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.

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

Español: Músicos ciegos frente a un músico callejero y su perro, litografía de París

Una litografía muestra a un grupo de músicos ciegos con tambor, violín y clarinete, guiados por un niño, caminando junto a un muro de piedra con sus perros. Frente a ellos, un músico callejero sentado, con un sombrero sobre un poste, toca el clarinete junto a un pequeño perro, con calles y tejados de París al fondo.

Português: Músicos cegos diante de um músico de rua e seu cão, litografia de Paris

Uma litografia mostra um grupo de músicos cegos com tambor, violino e clarinete, guiados por uma criança, caminhando ao longo de um muro de pedra com seus cães. Diante deles, um músico de rua sentado, com um chapéu sobre uma vara, toca clarinete ao lado de um cachorro pequeno, com uma rua e telhados de Paris ao fundo.

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