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The Grand T heath £ of the M U S E S, IJuft fini!b%dy By Mr. PINCHBtCK,Is now to be feen at tie Black Lyon, on Ludgate-Hill, from IQ in tlx Morning, till 9 in theEltenino'J' HIS wonderful aocTmagnificent Machine has in ihe Front twonaoft beautiful moving PiOme*.The one UOrphkus in a Tore ft p)a)iog on hi* Lyre, and beating Time with h.s Head and Foot to evciy Tune, among a | ?rea- Number of wild Bcafts, vho, by thcit various Motion* !fcem to be a ima cd and charmedby bis Harmony. *t the lame rime it performs on fevcx»l Inftru* menu great variety of fine Pieces of Mulick compos'd by Mr* Handel, Corelli, and other celebrated M.fters, in fo excel cot a Manner, that fcarce any Hand can equal. *he fwcet Harmony ofan Aviary of Bird*, which is imitated 10 fo great a- Per fcfiton^tTnor to be diftioguiflioi from Nature it felf.Tbfc cfchexPiure is a La id t ea pe, with a view of the Sea. tetmmtttnginfenfibly af avciygreat Diftancc: With Ship* failing, plyrng toWiudwAtd, and d.minHhing by degrees, as they fcem to go further from the Eye, ttll at length thcydilappeai; wi h fifh pMjtng ct £umbl;ng in iheScaat the famt time. ^Oa the Land are Horfemen, Cans, Chatfei, 8cc. paf fing alone j the Wheel* turning r und as tho* on the Hot *, the Men andHorfes altering their Pofition to keep themlelvt* upright, as they come down a ft cep Hitl, andpa(a thxtf a Valley. * #The* in a fie to Water Bivet art feen Swans fwimrtung, fiing and fea'hering themlelve*, their Motions a* natu-rt] as tho* really alive. Likewile the Spotriog of the Dog and Duck is highly divesting. Upon (he whole, this inimiiabie Machine, fot its besiuifu! bctuftuie, Hamiouy and Proportion, is thought to bt the nroft finiftfd Piece of Art that ever yet appeal'd in Eutope.M.B. The Hoofe ia to be Lett, and this is the laft Day of fiiiSiay here) and on Monday we move ro Hyde ParV Corner next Door to the King** Mead Houfe, where this curious Machine may be feen by the Quality as u ual.
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London Journal

London, Middlesex, GB

Tue, Jun 07, 1729

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