<img width="640" height="629" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4-700x688.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="1984-135-4" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4-300x295.jpg 300w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4-700x688.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4-170x167.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="20320" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,1007" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1984-135-4" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4-300x295.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1984-135-4-700x688.jpg" />At first glance, this porcelain figure is an ordinary jovial musician. He may even seem well dressed, with his bright red jacket and white cravat knotted at the neck. But a closer look exposes the torn breeches, ripped shoulder and scraggly hair. The last point drives home that this is no gentleman. During the eighteenth...
