Reed wind instrument which in its commonest forms consists of a chanter and one or more drones, all supplied with air from the bag, which is compressed under the player’s arm to provide a constant pressure

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A man from Rossano in Calabria playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.

A man wearing a wig and a cravat, holding the bagpipes and looking towards a woman on his right. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1743, after S. Leclerc.

A street altar in Rome, hung with votive offerings, attended by itinerant pipers watched by locals. Watercolour by D.W. Lindau, 1835.

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--.

King George IV and the Marchioness of Conyngham grieve over the body of a dead giraffe, which had been sent to them by Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt. Lithograph attributed to J. Doyle, 1829.

Mary, Joseph, the ass and the ox genuflect before the infant Jesus; shepherds arrive behind. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after Titian.

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

The shepherds adore the newly-born Christ. Etching by M. Piccioni, 1641, after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

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

A itinerant bag-pipe player and his son, resting at the side of the road. Coloured lithograph, c.1850 (?).

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.

The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

Bagpipes, with the score of the song "O ma tendre musette". Etching by L. Gaucherel after Ph. Rousseau.

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Bagpipe

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Images referencing Bagpipe

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--.

The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

Bagpipes, with the score of the song "O ma tendre musette". Etching by L. Gaucherel after Ph. Rousseau.

Mary, Joseph, the ass and the ox genuflect before the infant Jesus; shepherds arrive behind. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after Titian.

Bagpipe

Images from the collections

Images referencing Bagpipe

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--.

The birth of Christ; in the background, shepherds are hailed by an angel. Engraving.

Bagpipes, with the score of the song "O ma tendre musette". Etching by L. Gaucherel after Ph. Rousseau.

Mary, Joseph, the ass and the ox genuflect before the infant Jesus; shepherds arrive behind. Aquatint with etching by C.M. Metz after Titian.

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