The Banjo Player (1856). William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868). Oil on canvas. The banjo p
The Banjo Player (1856). William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868). Oil on canvas.The banjo player has been identified provisionally as George Freeman, who was bound out (from his family) as a servant to a Mount relative. The playing technique is recognizable. The hand has the characteristic “clawhammer” shape of the 19th century stroke-style playing. Mount may not have played the banjo, but he was a close observer of banjo technique. -- source link
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