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Flute players

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  • Taiyota, a boy from Otaheite (Tahiti), playing the nose-flute. Etching by R.B. Godfrey, 1773, after S. Parkinson.
  • A Japanese lady flautist standing with a girl among small pine trees. Watercolour.
  • Oliver Goldsmith, as a medical student in Europe, supports himself by playing the flute. Engraving by W. Greatbach after E.M. Ward.
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    Daphnis teaching Chloe to play the flute. Etching by A. Blanchard, 1825, after J. Albrier.

    Albrier, Joseph, 1791-1863. | Date: [1826] | Reference: 2856752i
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    A Japanese lady flautist standing with a girl among small pine trees. Watercolour.

    | Date: 1860 | Reference: 23609i
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    A standing herdsman playing the flute to a seated woman, with grazing animals. Etching by N.P. Berchem.

    Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 571798i
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    Taiyota, a boy from Otaheite (Tahiti), playing the nose-flute. Etching by R.B. Godfrey, 1773, after S. Parkinson.

    Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771. | Date: [1773] | Reference: 566131i
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    Oliver Goldsmith, as a medical student in Europe, supports himself by playing the flute. Engraving by W. Greatbach after E.M. Ward.

    Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879. | Reference: 34107i
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