Fiddler Collection

An Irish Fiddler - a view of a man sitting with a fiddle outside a thatched cottage and a lady and two boys looking on. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Thessaloniki - Tin Village wedding Date: circa 1916

Lady riding side-saddle on a horse stuck in a fence during a fox hunt, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somerville urges her horse Leotard out of the briars while Facey Romford and other huntsmen watch

A fiddler plays for the dancers by the maypole on the village green Date: early 19th century

Fiddler crab and angular crab
Fiddler crab, Gelasimus vocans 1, and angular crab, Goneplax rhomboides 2. Gelasimo di Marion, Gonoplace romboide. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Himber tree, Rajania cordata
Himber, Rajania cordata, Raiane en coeur. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Peasant wedding in a village in Austria, 1822. Musicians play violin and pipes leading a procession with bride and groom from a church. Nozze di villagio dei contadini dell Austria

Anglo-Saxon gleemen performers
Anglo-Saxon harpist and Hoppestere or hopping buffoon (top), 10th century, Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn (middle), 8th century

Fiddler crab, Uca tangeri (Uka crab, Cancer uka). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

Street entertainer balancing on his head on a table. Accompanied by a fiddler and a young boy dancing a jig. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Music cover (front), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock

"The Itinerant Musician"- a Flemish fiddler. Date: 17th Century
" The Itinerant Musician" - a Flemish fiddler. Date: 17th Century

The Old Musician by Edouard Manet (1832-1883) - painting on canvas. Date: 1862

The Christmas Waits 1848
Town waits, playing their musical instruments while people are standing around listening. From medieval times up to the early 19th century

Small boy busking with his violin for an audience in Dublin
A small boy busking with his violin for an audience in Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland. He wears a tee shirt and shorts Date: 1992

Busker with dogs, Cheltenham - 2
A busker plays a tune on his violin outside a shopping centre in Cheltenham, while his two mongrel dogs snooze and stretch. His violin case is open and there some coins in it

Busker with dogs, Cheltenham - 1
A busker plays a tune on his violin outside a shopping centre in Cheltenham, while his two mongrel dogs snooze and stretch. His violin case is open and there are some coins in it. Portrait format

Cloth cap pensioner with violin
An elderly man wearing a cloth cap plays his violin in the front room of his small house in Stoke on Treet, Staffordshire. Image first appeared in The Daily Telegraph Date: circa 1986

Jozef Marian Chelmonski (1849-1914). Herdsman, 1897
Jozef Marian Chelmonski (1849-1914). Polish painter. Herdsman, 1897. National Museum Gallery. Krakow, Poland

The Old Fiddler -- old man playing a violin. circa 1911

Joshua Poole
JOSHUA POOLE known as Fiddler Joss Yorkshire drunkard and wife- beater, who was converted and became a much-respected evangelist. Date: 1826 - 1908

Music cover, Fiddle & I, Waltz
Music cover, Fiddle & I, a waltz based on Mrs Goodeves popular song, by Otto Roeder. circa 1891

Fiddler in Cottage
A fiddler at his cottage door Date: early 19th century

NIEL GOW Scottish fiddler and composer Date: 1727 - 1807

Danish Fiddler at Dance
The fiddler at a country dance, Denmark Date: 1902

Copenhagen, Denmark - Popular Band. Lot, Oheio, Sisse and Sabbar. They look as if they would put on a damn fine show! They performed at the Palm Court in the English Hotel in Copenhagen. Date: 1930

The hired fiddler at the end of the party
A hired musician prepares to leave an event he has being playing at. A fan lies discarded on the floor as he packs his instrument back into the case. Date: 1883

Fred. James Messing
FREDERICK JAMES MESSING English musician, known as The mad fiddler, though what he did to deserve this, we do not know... Date: 1754 - 1798

Young Fiddler, Bermuda
Young Fiddle player, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

Trygonorhina fasciata, southern fiddler ray
Ff. 47. Pencil sketch by Herman Dietrich Sporing made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Music: Chestnut Mare, by Middletown, dam by Roes Fiddler. Date c1875

Fiddler in Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, Henry Bailey, the old fiddler, played the College Hornpipe in the play The Three Wayfarers

Stock Exchange Notes (3 / 4) - Bear Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Bear Market - The Tone was generally poor! 1903

Village Scene, Romania - a group of countryfolk gather to listen to an itinerant musician, entertaining them with his fiddle. Date: circa 1900

Shropshire Countryside
A panorama of the lovely countryside of south west Shropshire (Salop), England, viewed from a point on the road near Fiddlers Elbow, near Clun. Date: 1930s

Norwegian Bridal Party - Hardanger, Norway Date: circa 1920s

Music at home - the blind fiddler
A blind fiddler performs for a poor family in their home

Val d Ossau muscians
Val d Ossau men playing traditional local instruments to accompany dances. On the right we have a fiddler with his fiddle and on the right

Singer and Fiddler
A young girl sings while her grandfather fiddles

Cotswold Shepherd
A picture of Sam Bennett(1866- 1951)a Cotswold shepherd. A fruit farmer, Morris dancer and fiddler

French Village Fete
Fete in a French village : two couples dance to a fiddler seated on a trestle, outside the village inn

Tailor and Giant - 3
THE YOUNG GIANT AND THE TAILOR The tailor fiddles with the bear

Musical Mousers
The sudden appearance of a mouse causes the lute-player and the fiddler to desert their companions in mid- concert

Country Dance / Fiddler
ENGLAND Couples country dancing on the village green accompanied by a fiddler

C18 Street Musicians
A French ballad seller demonstrates his work with the help of a young assistant

Blind Fiddler and Dog
A blind fiddler and his dog

Dutch Musical Party
A Dutch musical party - singers and a fiddler

Switzerland / Fribourg
Fribourg including a view of the suspension bridge. A group of locals perform a folk dance to the tune of a fiddle player in the foreground

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