Busk Collection

Colt Guns and Rifles - breech-loading arms. circa late 19th century

Street music: a family of singers
A pathetic scene: an impoverished family of street singers, shoeless and ragged, singing in the rain. Date: 1870

Busker plays an accordian on Ha penny Bridge, Dublin
A mature man sits on Ha penny Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. He plays an accordian. He smiles as he plays while, in the distance, people walk over the cast iron footbridge

Miss Busk and Mr Corset at a dance party. Fashionable couple in tight corsets dancing at a ball. To appear slim, there are young men today who wear corsets like the women

The Busking, George Heriots School, Edinburgh, Scotland. Heriot (c. 1563 - 1624) was jewellery to King James VI of Scotland. In June, pupils busk at his foundation stone Date: 17th century

Guitarists busking in the street, York, England
A young couple walk round a corner in York and see two musicians busking in the street in front of a shop. In the background is York Minster. The Daily Telegraph Date: 1991

Guitarist on doorstep, Cadiz
A scruffy, barefoot male busker plays his guitar in a Cadiz street, Spain Date: 1989

Italian Ladies C. 1560
Some examples of clothing worn by Italian ladies of Rome and Sienna around the middle of the 16th century. Note the rigid busk of the blue costume. Date: circa 1560

Sir Frederick Handley Page, CBE, FRAeS, 1885-1962, RAeS President 1945-1947, left, presents the Edward Busk Memorial Prize to Joe Smith

King George V and Queen Mary inspecting the RE1 in the Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough, May 1914. Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson is left and E.T. Busk is at right. Date: 1914

Edward Teshmaker Busk (1886-1914). Date: 1914

Edward Teshmaker Busk (1886-1914) in RE1. Date: 1914

Street music: a ballad singer, 1865
A ragged ballad singer sings on a street corner. Ladies in crinolines hurry past him, but three ragged children show interest. Date: 1865

Street music: A street singer, 1857
A passing child shows charity to an old street singer, placing money in his hat in appreciation for his music. Date: 1857

Street music: a ballad singer
The ballad singer. " He is your only performer that requires not many entreaties for a song; for he will chant, without asking, to a street cur or a parish post."

Street music: A November day, 1872
Three weary street musicians ply their trade on a rainy day in November. Date: 1872

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