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Four musicians performing: two standing men play guitars, two seated men play zithers. Lithograph.

Two men are sitting at a work bench in Mittenwald, Bavaria, making zithers. Wood engraving by C & H after H. von Herkomer.

A young man sits on a bench in a Bavarian street playing the zither as he watches a young woman walk past. Etching by Hubert Herkomer.

A girl leans against cushions on a sofa while playing a zither which she holds on her lap. Etching by James Dobie, 1891, after William Thorne.

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A girl leans against cushions on a sofa while playing a zither which she holds on her lap. Etching by James Dobie, 1891, after William Thorne.

Four musicians performing: two standing men play guitars, two seated men play zithers. Lithograph.

Two men are sitting at a work bench in Mittenwald, Bavaria, making zithers. Wood engraving by C & H after H. von Herkomer.

A young man sits on a bench in a Bavarian street playing the zither as he watches a young woman walk past. Etching by Hubert Herkomer.