Charmer Collection

Propaganda / Bismarck
Bismarck exploits the power of the Reptile Press. Date: 1889

Snake charmer with snake, India. Date: circa 1890s

The bird-charmer in the new Tuileries Gardens, 1880. Two fashionable women in the new Jardin des Tuileries near one of the famous bird charmers. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Snake charmer, Banares, India
A snake charmer sits on the pavement and plays to his cobra, which rears up out of a wicker basket. Banares, India Date: 1986

Tunisia - Tunis - Street Snake Charmer with a pair of cobras - note the French colonial men and women watching on (from a safe distance). Date: circa 1907

Snake Charmer in India - Victorian period

Snake charmer, India

India - Calcutta snake charmers early 1900s

Snake charmers in Burma. Date: circa 1916

Snake-Charmers in India
Snake-charmers handle the cobra with impunity as they play their instruments. Date: late 1890s

Snake charmers, musical instruments, India, c. 1880 s
Snake charmers, musical instruments, India, c.1880 s

A river boat on the Seine, 1878. Woman in pink dress with parasol and fan on a tourist steamboat on the river Seine. The Bateaux Mouches launched at the Exposition universelle de 1867

Scenes in Egypt, 1820
The great ruins of the Colossi of Memnon in Luxor in south Egypt 73, raft of earthenware pitchers on the Nile 74, and women carrying water pitchers on their heads 74

Prince of Wales visit to India in 1876 - Indian Jugglers. 1876

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, The Voice of the Charmer. 1901

Wolf Charmer
LE MENEUR DE LOUPS - wolf-charmer of Berry, central France - a power which passes from father to son in certain peasant families Date: 1851

Snake Charmer - South Africa Date: circa 1920s

Sketches at the Albert Palace, Battersea showing the Indian village with various traditional arts and crafts on view including snake charming, pottery, nautch dancing and juggling. Date: 1885

Elderly Indian Snake Charmer - enticing a cobra to dance Date: circa 1900s

Snake Charmer in the Souks, Marrakesh, Morocco
Snake Charmer in the Souks, Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco Date: 1929

Wilson, Keppel and Betty - a popular British music hall act
Wilson (Jack Wilson 18941970), Keppel (Joe Keppel 18941977) and Betty (one of many Bettys!) - a popular British music hall act - performing here with a fantastic dancing snake!

Snake charmer, Tangier, Morocco. Vintage 19th century photograph

Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, Morocco
A member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s

Pola Negri as the Spanish Dancer
POLA NEGRI (Barbara Apolonia Chalupiec) in 1924, Polish film actress who specialised in femme fatale roles in silent films

Indian Snake Carmer - Singapore, Malaysia. Date: circa 1920s

Snake Charmer - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s

Moorish Musicians and Snake Charmer - Morocco. The seated musicians are playing a pipe flute and a Bendir Frame Drum. Date: circa 1910s

A smart, rather foppish German Military Officer - 1900s
A satirical illustration of a smart, rather foppish German Military Officer - 1900s. Date: circa 1908

Snake Charmer, Tunis, Tunisia, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Snap Playing Card - Snake Charmer. circa 1910s

A French wolf charmer
The Wolf-Charmer -- le meneur de loups -- a folklore figure of rural France who is able to tame and control a pack of wolves. Date: 19th century

Morocco - A Snake Charmer, Tangier
A Snake Charmer, Tangier, Tangier-Tetouan, Morocco. Date: 1927

The Snake Charmer Date: 1928

Lloyd George tries to charm unemployment, cartoon
The Charmer. I trust I have not overrated the mollifying power of music, says Prime Minister Lloyd George as he tries to charm the cobra of unemployment

India - Snake-Charmer and Cobras, Jeypore
Black and white. A crouching man blowing into a pipe with a basket in front of him. A cobra nearby is facing towards him. Beside the man sits a boy, who seems to be holding two more snakes

India - Snake Charmer and Cobras
Black and white. A crouching man blowing into a pipe with a basket in front of him. A cobra nearby is facing towards him. Beside the man sits a boy, who seems to be holding two more snakes

Two snake charmers, India. Date: circa 1890s

Snake charmer, North Africa. Date: circa 1870

Magondi music used by snake charmers
A magondi, an Indian musical wind instrument similar to a bagpipe, made from the outer coating of a gourd. Shown here in use by snake charmers

Sierra Leone - A Snake Charmer
Sierra Leone, West Africa - A Snake Charmer Date: circa 1910s

Algerian Moorish beauty " Antinea la Charmeuse", dressed in headscarf, earrings and not a lot else... Date: circa 1910s

Bismarck & Press Exploit
OTTO BISMARCK exploiting the power of the Reptile Press. Date: 1815 - 1898

Snake charmer, Tunis, Tunisia. Date ca. 1899

The charmer. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Orpheus singing and playing a lyre labeled Harmony, attracting a motley group of wild animals identified as: G

Indian Snake Catcher exhibits snakes before Europeans
A Saumpareeah or Snake Catcher exhibiting snakes before Europeans. (Plate 11 of 20) Date: 1813

Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens
The bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris - Henri Pol. Date: circa 1908

A Snake Charmer with a Mongoose Date: circa 1910s

Snake Charmer - Peshawar, Pakistan, with his pipe and musical Cobra (extremely real by the looks of things!). Date: 1924

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