Ulysses and the Syrens - Drawing. Public domain image.

British (artist nationality)
draughtsman, painter, lithographer, and caricaturist (artist role)
Recto: top center: (in pencil) 2 ; u. r.: HB Sketches. No. 628. ; l. l.: (monogram) HB ; l. l.: (just beneath image) Published March 3rd 1840 by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) Printed at A. Ducote's Lithog.c Establishment 70, St. Martins Lane. ; bottom center: ULYSSES AND THE SYRENS. ; (figures in the scene are identified in pencil) ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) [102?] / Ritti Apr. 1925 / 20 fcs = 1 00 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/630 (inscription)
Lithograph. (medium)
Good condition. It has been lined with heavy paper backing, so small edge tears on corners and on right middle edge have by "mended." There are a few light brown spots in several places and light adhesive tape stains are at the upper left and right corners. (condition)
Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, Apr. 1925. (provenance)
Flute, Lyre (instrument)
19th century (century)
Mythological, etc. (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.