Bag Pipes Collection

The Peasants Wedding, 1568. Bruegel, Pieter, The Elder (1525-1569). Oil on oakwood, 114 x 164 cm

Scotsman playing bagpipes
People You See. Scotsman playing bagpipes. From Teddy Bear (3 January 1970)

View of Tulloch Castle, Scotland, with pipers
View of Tulloch Castle in the town of Dingwall in the Highlands of Scotland, at the time of a royal wedding between Dom (Prince) Miguel of Braganza (1878-1923), Duke de Viseu

Piper Daniel Laidlaw V. C
Piper Laidlaw won the V.C. at Loos (World War I) on 25th September 1915: During the worst of the bombardment, seeing that his company was somewhat shaken from the effects of gas

Pipe Major of The Scots Guards in full ceremonial dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Railway Sleeper - Euston Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Scottish football fan at Euston Station awaiting his return train back north of the border. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Scots Witches Prepare
Excited Scottish witches dance to the sound of diabolical bagpipes before flying off to the Sabbat

Highland Bagpipe Player
Ross : Victorias highland piper

Scottish National Exhibition 1908
Scottish National Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1908 Date: 1908

Just a wee note by G. E Studdy
Illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing Bonzo the dog, dressed in a tartan tam o shanter playing the Scottish bagpipes

The Pipe Major - Black Watch Date: 1905

Three musical hares on three decorated Easter eggs
Three musical hares play their instruments on three decorated Easter eggs

Carol Singing / Dressed Up
God save you Merrie Gentil Men

Events / Culloden / 1746
Charles Edward Stuart in action on the battlefield

Scots Guards Pipe Major
Pipe Major of the Scots Guards

Drinking / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper and his friends get drunk on Easter Monday

Events / Culloden / Iln
A scene from the Battle of Culloden

Ww1 / Sep14 / Brewing Tea
British brew tea while under fire on the Aisne, meanwhile someone plays the bagpipes

Lascivious Dance
At a sabbat in the Basque country, two witches enjoy a lascivious dance while others enjoy the embraces of demons and the sound of bagpipes

Bedroom scene with a couple, two servants and a dog
A crowded bedroom scene with a woman in bed, her lover standing at the side, two servants and a dog. An illustration to the story by La Fontaine

Luther Caricature 1525
Luther Caricatured as the Devils Bagpipes

Peasant Wedding (Bauernhochzeit) Pieter Breugel

Edinburgh and Glasgow
Thomas Cook Brochure Cover - Edinburgh and Glasgow. 1938

Pipe Band at Dumfries Industrial School
Uniformed members of the boys pipe band at the Dumfries Industrial School pose with their instruments - bagpipes and drums - accompanied by two adult members of the Schools staff. Date: Date unknown

Bagpiper

Weather Reports Illustrated - A Gael Blowing
Weather Reports Illustrated postcard series. A Gael Blowing. A large Scotsman strolls along a very windy country lane, blowing hard on his bagpipes. Date: 1903

Scots Battalion at Es Salt, Palestine, WW1
A Scots Battalion marching through Es Salt, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Silhouettes of soldiers in wartime
Some of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging

Silhouette, Between Dances
Between Dances -- a silhouette of people watching a piper and highland dancer. 1919

Musicians from A Coruna, Spain
Musicians from A Coruna (La Coruna), Spain - an older man playing a form of bagpipes and a boy with a side drum. Date: circa 1908

A medley of Edinburgh musicians

A Hearing - Four Egyptian men sitting outside a Cafe have their quiet discussion rudely interrupted by a wandering (and very noisy) bagpipe player! Date: circa 1916

Italian Bagpipers

Sicilian Bagpipes Player - A Zampognaro
A Sicilian Zampognaro or pipe-player, holding his massive set of Sicilian bagpipes. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Pifferari, 1869
Italian Pifferari infront of a wayside shrine of the Madonna. Date: 1869

Italian Pifferari, 1850
Roman piffarari perform by a wayside shine, 1850. Date: 1850

German street band, 1857
A German street band in Paris, 1857. Date: 1857

Italian Pifferari, 1875
Italian pifferari elicits a donation from some wealthy music lovers beneath an awning. 1875

Music at home - As the old sing, so the young pipe
A wealthy family group make music together-an old lady in spectacles sings from her large woven chair, a woman holds a child playing a flute

Tom Tom the Pipers Son " Tom with his pipe made such a noise, That he pleased both the girls and boys, And they all stopped to hear him play, Over the hills and far away."

Dr Barnardos Musical Boys
The National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardos Homes) - Some of Dr. Barnardos Musical Boys. Date: circa 1907

Musical Boys Tour of Australasia
His Excellency the Governor of South Australia with Reverend W. J. Mayers and his travelling party. During 1908-10, Rev. W. J. Mayers and a party of Musical Boys toured in Australia and New Zealand

Passengers waiting to board a boat
A group of passengers waiting to board a boat. There are two Scottish pipers in traditional costume on the left, a man in a bowler hat in the middle, and a man in a top hat on the right

French Railways Poster for London
Poster by the French National Railways advertising their service from Paris to London departing daily to the ports of Rouen, Dieppe or Newhaven

France - Le Faouet - Breton Men playing bagpipes
France - Le Faouet - Morbihan Departement - Binious Breton Men playing a horn and bagpipes

United - Advert for Beechams Pills
Three women representing England, Ireland and Scotland dance together to show the countries united by their faith in Beechams Pills!

Scottish troops 1915
Scottish troops and pipers playing bagpipes marching through a French village on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1915

Band of the National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardo s)
A boys band of the National Waifs Association, otherwise known as Dr Barnardo s. The instruments include hand bells, bagpipes, mandolins, and a guitar

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