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Bagpipers

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  • A man from Rossano in Calabria playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.
  • A man is holding a set of bagpipes. Aquatint.
  • A man wearing a hat with a feather in it is playing the bagpipes. Coloured lithograph, 18--.
  • A woman in Libya dancing accompanied by a bagpiper. Coloured lithograph by M. Gauci, 1821, after F.G. Lyon.
  • A member of the Royal Scots Fusiliers playing the bagpipes in a camp in the Zulu War; a Zulu man is crouching down with his hands over his ears. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after Melton Prior, 1879.
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    Cattle and sheep rest on the hillside as a woman milks a goat and gives the child a drink; a herder plays the bagpipes. Etching after N. Berchem.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 30126i
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    A man accompanied by a child is playing the bagpipes. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 34040i
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    A man in a kilt is playing the bag-pipes. Engraving by H. Robinson, 1832, after E. Goodall.

    Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870. | Date: [1832] | Reference: 29495i
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    Two men and a woman dance to music played by a bagpiper, watched by two women and a man; beyond, a river and an old town. Etching attributed to Perelle.

    Perelle. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 3043154i
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    A Scottish piper playing the bagpipes to his five dogs. Engraving by H. Beckwith after E. H. Landseer.

    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873. | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 2398653i
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