Das Weisskunigs Erfahrung in Mummerei (Of the White King's Introduction to Mummery)

German (artist nationality)
painter and woodcut designer (artist role)
Recto: l. c.: (initials in border of tablecloth) H B ; l. l.: (in pencil) H B Wm ; l. c.: (arrow, pointing upward) ; verso: (in pencil) l. l.: C575/255 (inscription)
Woodcut. (medium)
Sheet trimmed unevenly, with little margin around the original image. Lower left corner missing, mended; stain, lower right corner. (condition)
Harold Reeves, Bookseller, London, 23 Sept. 1931. (provenance)
Flute, Recorder, Drum, Lute, Crumhorn (instrument)
18th century (century)
Works of art - - Groups of Musicians including Processions (miller category)

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.