Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818
Person
Dates
- Existence: approximately 1744 - 1818
Gender
- male
Occupations
Places
- London (England) (Residence)
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Theoph. W. Mozart compositeur, et maitre de musique, agé de 7 ans, 1781
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0034-172
Collection Overview
Framed etched portrait of Mozart at age 7, engraved by T. Cook (1744-1818) after a work by Carmontelle-Delafosse depicting Leopold Mozart with Wolfgang and Maria Anna (Paris, 1763). It is captioned in French and includes an epigraph from Homer's Hymn on Mercury in Greek below. This engraving was reproduced in Daines Barrington's Miscellanies (London, 1781) accompanying an essay entitled, "Account of a very remarkable young musician." Daines Barrington (1727-1800) was an English lawyer,...
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