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Harp

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  • Three men playing wind and string instruments. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.
  • A man fitting the strings to a harp. Wood engraving.
  • David playing the harp before Saul. Etching by W. van der Leeuw after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630.
  • Three Welsh harps. Engraving by J. Lee.
  • David playing his harp for a distraught Saul. Steel engraving by J. Rogers after A. Gros.
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    David playing the harp before Saul. Etching by W. van der Leeuw after Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630.

    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669. | Reference: 18599i
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    An Egyptian man is playing a large harp adorned with the figurehead of a woman. Engraving.

    | Date: Octr.1st. 1804 | Reference: 33837i
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    Three men playing wind and string instruments. Woodcut by Jost Amman, 1568.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 33975i
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    David playing his harp for a disgruntled Saul in front of a crowd of courtiers and soldiers. Engraving after L. van Leyden, 1508.

    Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533. | Reference: 18595i
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    From behind the harp : music in end of life care / / Jane Franz CM-TH, Sandra LaForge CM-TH. Foreword: Martha L. Twaddle MD.

    Franz, Jane | Date: [2015]
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