1831—Belgium

A lithograph titled Musiciens d’infanterie belge, or “Belgian infantry musicians,” portrays a musician holding what appears to be a rear-facing trombone (see facing image; public domain) (Bibliotheque royale Albert I; Wangermée vol. 2, 264). Another image (below facing; public domain), apparently another version of the same image, depicts a Dutch military musician holding a rear-facing trombone (source: New York Public Library Digital Gallery).