The Bagpipe Society

An Original Source

This is a hand- coloured mezzotint of “The Musical Club” published in 1772. I have flipped the image to better enable comparison with the next image which is possibly the original painting from which the engraving was made. The painting has a very clear depiction of the chanter and drones. The drones appear to be slightly more splayed than the engraving but the chanter looks very similar with the extra detail of metal or horn work on the bell of the chanter and the chanter top....

Member only article

Members have exclusive access to the most recent two years of articles, and can download PDFs of Chanter editions. To read the whole of this article, please join the Bagpipe Society or sign in.