Public Domain Images - The Farmer's Boy

after a design by John Thurston, watercolorist and draughtsman, 1774-1822 (artist notes)
British (artist nationality)
wood engraver (artist role)
Thurston, John, 1774-1822 (original artist)
Recto: l. l.: Thurston Del ; l. r.: Nesbit Sc. ; top center: (mirror image of text from facing title page) FARMER'S BOY ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Reeves / 6d ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/208 12 (inscription)
Wood engraving. (medium)
Good condition. A few light rust-colored stains at upper left corner and on right edge of sheet. (condition)
Harold Reeves, London, 10 Mar. 1937. (provenance)
Recorder (instrument)
Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823 (related names)
19th century (century)
Works of art - - Single Players (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.