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This etching from the New Zealand Graphic and Ladies Journal in September 1890 shows a typical scene in a middle-class city home at the end of the 19th century. Beneath the watercolours on the wall, a well-dressed group makes their own music with piano, violin and perhaps voice.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)
Reference: PUBL-0163-1890-001
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