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Die Collection (page 5)

Background imageDie Collection: ACT 3 AT BAYREUTH 1938

ACT 3 AT BAYREUTH 1938
Act three - as performed at Bayreuth in 1938 Date: 1938

Background imageDie Collection: ACT 2 AT BAYREUTH 1938

ACT 2 AT BAYREUTH 1938
Act two - as performed at Bayreuth in 1938 Date: 1938

Background imageDie Collection: Death Sigmund Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure

Death Sigmund Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure
death, sigmund, music, opera, wagner, die, valkure, siglind, desperate, history, historical, 10102833

Background imageDie Collection: SIGMUND AND SIGLIND

SIGMUND AND SIGLIND
Sigmund and Siglind

Background imageDie Collection: WOTAN'S FAREWELL

WOTAN'S FAREWELL
Act Three : Wotan takes a last look at his daughter Brunnhilde as she sleeps encircled with fire

Background imageDie Collection: FRICKA DISPLEASED

FRICKA DISPLEASED
Fricka arrives, angry that Wotan has condoned the incestuous relationship between Sigmund and Siglind

Background imageDie Collection: WOTAN ENCIRCLES ROCK

WOTAN ENCIRCLES ROCK
Act Three : Loge encircles the rock on which Brunnhilde is sleeping with a protective fire which only a true hero can penetrate (Siegfried will manage it, of course)

Background imageDie Collection: HUNDING SUSPICIOUS

HUNDING SUSPICIOUS
Act One : Hunding notices the resemblance between his wife Siglind and the visitor, Sigmund (they are indeed brother and sister, and will be lovers)

Background imageDie Collection: Hunding Suspicious Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure

Hunding Suspicious Music Opera Wagner Die Valkure
hunding, suspicious, music, opera, wagner, die, valkure, act, one, notices, resemblance, between, wife, siglind, visitor, sigmund, brother, sister, will, lovers, history, historical, 10102829

Background imageDie Collection: THE SLEEP OF BRUNNHILDE

THE SLEEP OF BRUNNHILDE
Act Three : Brunnhilde sleeps, encircled by fire

Background imageDie Collection: BRUNNHILDE & VALKYRIES

BRUNNHILDE & VALKYRIES
Act Three : Brunnhilde instructs her Valkyries to save Siglind

Background imageDie Collection: SIEGMUND AND SIEGLINDE

SIEGMUND AND SIEGLINDE
Act One : Siglind offers mead to the stranger, Sigmund, unaware that he is her twin brother : their unwittingly incestuous love is going to cause a lot of trouble

Background imageDie Collection: FAFNER GUARDS THE RING

FAFNER GUARDS THE RING
Act Three : Fafner, in the form of a dragon, guards the Ring

Background imageDie Collection: SIEGMUND AND NOTHING

SIEGMUND AND NOTHING
Act One : Sigmund with the magic sword Notung which he has just pulled out of the tree where it had been magically thrust

Background imageDie Collection: BRUNNHILDE AND WOTAN

BRUNNHILDE AND WOTAN
Act Two : Brunnhilde seeks to protect the unwittingly incestuous Sigmund from the wrath of her father Wotan

Background imageDie Collection: HUNDING'S DRAUGHT

HUNDING'S DRAUGHT
Act One : Siglind prepares Hunding's draught

Background imageDie Collection: BRUNNHILDE AND HORSE

BRUNNHILDE AND HORSE
Brunnhilde leads her horse to the cave

Background imageDie Collection: WOTAN RIDES TO ROCK

WOTAN RIDES TO ROCK
Wotan rides to the rock of the Valkyries, angry that his daughter Brunnhilde is protecting the (unwittingly) incestuous Siglind (yet another of his children)

Background imageDie Collection: BRUNNHILDE AT CAVE

BRUNNHILDE AT CAVE
Brunnhilde and her horse at the entrance to the cave

Background imageDie Collection: DIE SINKING ROOM AT MINT

DIE SINKING ROOM AT MINT
The coinage and medal dies are formed under this press by forcing a punch, on which is the required design, into specially prepared blanks. Date: circa 1910

Background imageDie Collection: Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1

Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1
Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916

Background imageDie Collection: Ironworks - Schlesien

Ironworks - Schlesien
The ironworks of Die Konigshutte at Schlesien, Germany. Date: circa 1835

Background imageDie Collection: GERMAN SIEGE CANNON 15C

GERMAN SIEGE CANNON 15C
German siege cannon (Die Saule Grete) at Friesach Date: 15th century

Background imageDie Collection: GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT

GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT (right) Younger son of George V, arriving by aeroplane at the Mousehold Aerodrome, Norwich - he was later to die in an air crash Date: 1902 - 1942

Background imageDie Collection: MARIE ANTOINETTE

MARIE ANTOINETTE
Queen of Louis XVI, in 1778, with her three children - Louis le Dauphin, who will die in 1789, Louis XVII who will die in prison (1795), and Marie-Therese who dies 1851 1755 - 1793

Background imageDie Collection: MARIE ANTOINETTE & DAUPH

MARIE ANTOINETTE & DAUPH
Queen of Louis XVI (1755 - 1793) with one of her sons, probably Louis, the Dauphin, who will die in 1789

Background imageDie Collection: CORNELIS BEUDIN

CORNELIS BEUDIN (1615? - 1650), (also known as Godinez) French Jesuit missionary in Mexico, who was privileged to die for his faith though he failed to make sainthood

Background imageDie Collection: FRENCH GO TO WAR 1854

FRENCH GO TO WAR 1854
French politicians are tremendously pleased to be going to war with Russia, where a great many French soldiers will die. Date: 1854

Background imageDie Collection: Fusilier Guards Depart Events War Crimean February

Fusilier Guards Depart Events War Crimean February
fusilier, guards, depart, events, war, crimean, february, 1854, march, streets, london, queen, waves, go, crimea, many, will, die, the, of, to, for, they, as, 10077018

Background imageDie Collection: Cartoon, Watching the Rhine

Cartoon, Watching the Rhine, France's turn of duty for Die Wacht am Rhein'. Date: 1919

Background imageDie Collection: FRIEDRICH JODL

FRIEDRICH JODL German philosopher and writer on ethics, author of Die Kulturgeschictsschreibung, ihre Entwicklung and ihr Problem (1878) Date: 1849 - 1914

Background imageDie Collection: ST STEPHEN/ROYAUMONT

ST STEPHEN/ROYAUMONT
STEPHEN THE DEACON stoned, he becomes the first Christian to die for his faith Date: ? - CIRCA 35

Background imageDie Collection: ISAIAH AND HEZEKIAH

ISAIAH AND HEZEKIAH
Isaiah foresees that king Hezekiah of Israel will die of his sickness, but when he repents God relents and instructs Isaiah to make a more favourable prediction Date: circa 700 BC

Background imageDie Collection: Sennacherib Plague Religion Bible Events Old

Sennacherib Plague Religion Bible Events Old
sennacherib, plague, religion, bible, events, old, testament, circa, 701, bc, assyrian, king, invades, israel, like, wolf, fold, angel, lord, destroys, army, bubonic, 185, 000, die, saved, history

Background imageDie Collection: Bulging of the theatre curtain

Bulging of the theatre curtain
At Royal, Exeter, fire on stage curtain blows out towards the auditorium and the audience flee the fire. 187 people die in the blaze

Background imageDie Collection: EIGHTH CRUSADE Louis IX lands at Carthage, whence he will advance to Tunis where he will die of

EIGHTH CRUSADE Louis IX lands at Carthage, whence he will advance to Tunis where he will die of the plague Date: 1270

Background imageDie Collection: UZZIAH CONTRACTS LEPROSY

UZZIAH CONTRACTS LEPROSY
Uzziah, king of Judah, contracts leprosy, from which, alas, he will ultimately die in 783 BC Date: circa 790 BC

Background imageDie Collection: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773 - 1841), President of the United States for one month: the first to die in office

Background imageDie Collection: METRO, ACCIDENT 1903

METRO, ACCIDENT 1903
When a train - made of varnished wood - catches fire near Belleville station, passengers head for safety but mistake their way and 84 die of asphyxiation Date: 1903

Background imageDie Collection: Showgirls Die Dame Entertainment Entertainers

Showgirls Die Dame Entertainment Entertainers
showgirls, die, dame, entertainment, entertainers, 1930s, parisian, stools, feathers, history, historical, 10055238

Background imageDie Collection: MAN ON PHONE/DIE DAME

MAN ON PHONE/DIE DAME
An advertisement for cigarettes: Gelbe Sorte Reemtsma. Date: 1930s

Background imageDie Collection: CAR AD/DIE DAME/WANDERER

CAR AD/DIE DAME/WANDERER
An advertisement for Wanderer cars. Date: 1930s

Background imageDie Collection: CIGARETTE AD/DIE DAME

CIGARETTE AD/DIE DAME
A cigarette advertisement featuring an elegant couple. Date: 1927

Background imageDie Collection: PILGRIMS/COMPOSTELLA

PILGRIMS/COMPOSTELLA
Two pilgrims - Die Jacobs Bruder - make their way to Compostella, dressed in the traditional garb ornamented with coquilles saint-Jacques identifying them as pilgrims Date: 1568

Background imageDie Collection: MOSLEMS AND HOURIS

MOSLEMS AND HOURIS
Moslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths

Background imageDie Collection: HASHISH & ASSASSINS

HASHISH & ASSASSINS
THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN drugs his corps of assassins with hashish, which inspires them with dreams of the houris they will find when they die and go to Heaven... Date: 13th century

Background imageDie Collection: HOURIS

HOURIS
Moslems are taught that if they die for the faith, they will find beautiful nymphs - HOURIS - awaiting them in the next world : so they go happily to their deaths

Background imageDie Collection: COLLISION IN A TUNNEL

COLLISION IN A TUNNEL
Three die when the Bale express collides with a local train in the Pommeraie tunnel, failing to see lights warning that a single-track system is in operation Date: 9 May 1898



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