Le Concert (The Concert) - Public domain portrait engraving

after an engraving by Antoine-Jean Duclos, 1742-1795, based on a drawing by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, engraver and illustrator, 1736-1807 (artist notes)
French (artist nationality)
engraver (artist role)
Saint-Aubin, Augustin de, 1736-1807 (original artist)
Recto: l. c.: (on either side of crest, in center) Le Concert. / A Madame la Comtesse de Saint Brisson; l. r.: (just beneath dedication) Par son très Humble et très Obéissant / Serviteur Duclos; l. l.: (beneath image): Aug. de St Aubin delin; l. r.: (beneath image) L. Provost sc; l. r.: (corner, in pencil) dgd / 3 00; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: BAS 32/11 / Lowdermilk Washington / May 3, 1930 / $3 00; l. l.: C575/520 (inscription)
Etching, hand-colored with watercolor. (medium)
Fine condition. (condition)
Lowdermilk, Washington, D.C., 3 May 1930. (provenance)
Double bass, Violin, Harp, Harpsichord, Cello, Flute (instrument)
Duclos, Antoine-Jean, 1742-1795 (related names)
19th century (century)
Miscellaneous Art (large) (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.