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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.

A young woman guiding a blind bag-piper over a bridge in Scotland. Stipple engraving by S.W. Reynolds, 1848, after F. Tayler.

A man holding a set of bagpipes. Engraving by R.C. Bell after Sir D. Wilkie.

A man accompanied by a child is playing the bagpipes. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

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.

A man playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.

An episode in Baldo by Teofilo Folengo (Merlin Cocai): at a festive dance, Cingar pretends to stab Berta in a fit of jealousy; he had fitted a canister of blood under a white scarf round her neck, so that he could appear to kill her and then revive her. Etching.

A blind musician holding a uilleann pipe or pastoral bagpipe. Etching attributed to G. Grattan.

A man in a kilt is playing the bag-pipes. Engraving by H. Robinson, 1832, after E. Goodall.

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.

A Scottish piper playing the bagpipes to his five dogs. Engraving by H. Beckwith after E. H. Landseer.

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Bagpipers

Images from the collections

Images about Bagpipers

Works from the collections

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.

A man accompanied by a child is playing the bagpipes. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

A man in a kilt is playing the bag-pipes. Engraving by H. Robinson, 1832, after E. Goodall.

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.

A Scottish piper playing the bagpipes to his five dogs. Engraving by H. Beckwith after E. H. Landseer.

Bagpipers

Images from the collections

Images about Bagpipers

Works from the collections

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.

A man accompanied by a child is playing the bagpipes. Coloured lithograph, 18--.

A man in a kilt is playing the bag-pipes. Engraving by H. Robinson, 1832, after E. Goodall.

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.

A Scottish piper playing the bagpipes to his five dogs. Engraving by H. Beckwith after E. H. Landseer.

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