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DescriptionMinstrelsofbeverley.gif	The Minstrels of Beverley. 19th century woodcut of 16th-century sculpture (in St. Mary's Church in Beverly) of English musicians. Left to right: pipe and tabor, fiddle, windcap instrument, lute, and shawm.
Date	1871
Source	The Homes of Other Days by Thomas Wright, page 208, illustration number 146. https://archive.org/details/homesofotherdays0000thom/page/208/mode/2up?q=146&view=theater "The cut above, No. 146, is copied from an engraving of this group, given in Carter's 'Ancient Painting and Sculpture.'" Carter's book is from 1838. The drawing and engraving of this particular illustration is by by F.W. Fairholt, identified on the title page in "A History of Domestic Manners and Sentiments in England During the Middle Ages", the artwork on page 192. https://archive.org/details/historyofdomesti00wriguoft/page/192/mode/2up?q=minstrels&view=theater
Author	Frederick William Fairholt
Other versions	Another 19th century engraving of same subject, from 1846.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:56, 25 May 2025	1,524 × 706 (686 KB)	Jacqke	brightened further
	13:25, 25 May 2025	1,524 × 706 (665 KB)	Jacqke	found the identical image (higher resolution) in "The Homes of Other Days" by Thomas Wright, https://archive.org/details/homesofotherdays0000thom/page/208/mode/2up?q=146&view=theater
	18:58, 24 May 2025	1,079 × 522 (468 KB)	Jacqke	sharpened the image
	18:48, 24 May 2025	1,079 × 522 (464 KB)	Jacqke	same image, higher resolution from https://thefoolsmen.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dcf4f1d89bef4eb3a414d2f5f99b7f69.jpg
	16:51, 26 August 2007	580 × 256 (116 KB)	Aaron Walden	{{Information \|Description=The Minstrels of Beverley. Woodcut of 16th Century English musicians. Left to right: pipe and tabor, fiddle, windcap instrument, lute, and shawm. \|Source=''The Homes of Other Days'' By Thomas Wright \|Date=1871 \|Author="The cut