Drum Collection

The Royal Logistic Corps

1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum
Original painting for the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum showing 17 Battle Honours of the Regiment from Louisburg to Kut al Amara

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Bandsman, Piper and Drummer of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Date: circa 1908

British Military Poster - Inter-war period
Grenadier Guards, smart men wanted. Colour chromolithograph poster after A W Baylis, 1927. Published by HMs Stationery Office

Poster, Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board, designed by H Woolhiser. circa 1950s

Various musical instruments

Sri Lanka - Geta Beraya and Udekkiya players
Traditional Sri Lankna drums and drummers. The standing player is holding a hill country drum called the Geta Beraya (a drum with a knot)

British Military Recruitment Poster, WWI
His Majestys Coldstream Guards, God Save the King. Chromolithograph recruitment poster after Ernest Ibbetson, 1914

Life / Saint Patricks Day 1924
Two Irish men in tradition costume beat a drum carried between them as they march along on Saint Patricks Day

Two kittens with a drumkit
Unusual Friends - two kittens with a drumkit. 1950s

A group of Cameron Highlanders
A group of Queens Own Cameron Highlanders

Ethiopia - Abbysinian Clergy Date: circa 1930s

Trinidad Carnival Band
An oil drum band playing festive music at the annual Port of Spain Carnival, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: 1968

Boys Band, Hull Sailors Orphanage
Boys naval band at the Hull Sailors Orphanage, also known as Newland Homes

Recruiting Bands / Wwi
A poster asking for people to donate to or join a recruiting band, a popular method of recruiting men during World War One

Wonders of the cinema organ by G. H. Davis
Noises played for films: wonders of the cinema organ. Thunder, shots and tom-toms controlled by an organist: a film-theatre organ that creates sound effects. Date: 1929

George V presenting colours to Irish Guards
King George V presenting new colours to the Irish Guards at Buckingham Palace

Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriessshire, Scotland, a fine example of early 15th century military architecture, triangular in shape, with a double moat, drum towers, etc

Drummer Boy / Grenadier
Drummer boy of the Grenadier Guards

Peter Pan and Wendy. From Playhour (1958-59)

Persian musicians
Three seated Persian musicians, playing a hand drum, what looks like a daf and a kamanche. A tonbak, or goblet drum, lies discarded on the ground. Date: 1870s

Boys Band, Training Ship Indefatigable
The Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing

Christmas cracker box label
Label for a box of Batgers crackers depicting three performing monkeys, one balancing with a parasol, another playing the ukelele and a third banginga drum

Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese people - Colombo, Sri Lanka

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

Exotic Oriental Vase Dance - postcard reproduction of a painting by Fabio Fabbi (1861-1946). Date: 1906

Australian Ladies Pipe Band - World Tour - souvenir of the visit of the band under Drum-Major William Darwin F.R.G.S. and Pipe-Major Jessie Young

The Dave Clark Five, English pop group Date: 1964

Devil Dancers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Devil Dancers of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with drummers. Date: circa 1890s

A group of Persian musicians
A group of four Persian musicians playing their instruments. 1818

Bass Drummer of the Northumberland Fusiliers in his traditional ceremonial costume, featuring the whole skin of a leopard Date: circa 1910s

Black jewfish
One of 67 original water colour drawings of Mammals, Reptiles and Fish found at King Georges Sound, Western Australia, and in its neighbourhood; accompanied by manuscript notes by Neill, Robert

Drummer of 1598
A drummer of 1598. Date: 1598

Boys Band at Hollybrook Cottage Homes, Southampton
The boys band at Hollybrook cottage homes at Shirley Warren, Southampton. The homes were opened in 1911 by the Southampton Union to accommodate pauper children away from the workhouse

Georgian country folk with musical instruments
Georgia - Georgian country folk with musical instruments including a boy with a thin drum and a woman holding a stringed instrument, similar to a lute

Boy Drummer of The South Wales Borderers (circa 1909) in Full Dress. Pictured with drum plus bugle (all drummers were buglers). Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Turkish Musicians - Salonica
A fun card depicting a group of three Turkish Musicians in Salonica

Greetings card, Jazz drummer on timpani (kettle drums). 20th century

Poster of Niger steamers loading groundnuts
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, showing Niger steamers loading groundnuts. Date: C.1930

Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals
This postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs

Music cover, Our Love Affair, Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland
Music cover, Our Love Affair, words and music by Arthur Freed and Roger Edens, from the MGM film Strike Up The Band, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 1940

Pretty Lady military drummer
A lady military drummer - the slightly saucy caption reads: " I wouldn t need a drum to follow you" ! A propaganda card from WWI. Date: circa 1916

Band, Darenth Training Colony Band, Kent
The military band at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent

May Day Parade in Moscow
A group of children taking part in the May Day Parade in Moscow 1929

Strong Man at a Fair
A man plays a fanfare on a cornet to herald the great feat of strength being performed by a strong man at a fair, while a few people stand looking on

Reynaud Praxinoscope 2
Reynauds device with central lamp, drum holding the images, and a handle for turning it, giving the illusion of movement

Music / Military / German ?
Three musicians - probably German, but they could be Dutch or Belgian - play a piccolo, a cornet and a drum respectively

Bravery at Wattignies
At WATTIGNIES, a drummer-boy named Sthrau beats his drum, making the Austrians think they are surrounded. When they realise their mistake, they kill the juvenile hero

State banquet. Serving the peacok. 19th century facsimile after a woodcut from an edition of Virgil's works published in Lyon in 1517

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). On 1 March 1871, the Prussian army entered Paris in a symbolic manner, although the troops subsequently left the city. Germans leave the city. Drawing by Garcia

Wedding of a young Druze prince. Princess's retinue at Nahr el-Kelb. Wedding march to Mount Lebanon. Engraving by Ransonnette

Children at Play
Rub-a-Dub-Dub'. Children playing in a garden tub with a pipe and drum while mother hangs out the washing. Artist: Percy Tarrant Date: circa 1901

Sir William Waller, English Parliamentarian soldier, c. 1597-166
Sir William Waller, English soldier, c. 1597-1668. Commander of Parliamentarian armies during the First English Civil War

Man stringing a harp in a music workshop
Musical-instrument maker in a workshop. He sits on a drum stringing a harp. Behind him, a double bass, cello, harpischord, kettle drum and tuba

A mystical meal and King David playing psalms, 13th century
A mystical meal with the Holy Grail vase on the table and King David playing psalms on a harp. Six musicians playing vielle, lute, bagpipes, shawm and drum

Species of bonito, cobia, leatherjacket and croaker
Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda 1, cobia, Rachycentron canadum 2, Castin leatherjacket, Oligoplites saliens 3, bar jack, Caranx ruber 4, and longtail croaker, Lonchurus lanceolatus 5

Ceremonial person of the Iroquois Confederacy
Ceremonial person or medicine man of the Iroquois Confederacy. He wears an animal skin cloak, holds a medicine bag and chickikoue drum, sits before a tipi lodge

Female shaman of the Mongolic Buyrats people, 18th century. She wears an iron casque hat and a fringed leather dress decorated with iron pieces

Female magician or shaman, Mongol people, 18th century. She wears an iron hat and a fringed leather dress decorated with iron pieces. She holds a drum and feather

Portrait of Magino Gabrielli, Jewish inventor, Venice, 16th cent
Portrait of Magino Gabrielli or Magino Meir, Jewish inventor, Venice, 16th century. Magino reads from his book about extracting silk thread from the cocoon twice a year

Chinese female musician and musical instruments, 1800s
Chinese musical instruments, Qing dynasty

Chinese musical instruments, 1800s
Chinese musical instruments

Bogeymen catching and punishing bad children, 1802
A group of bogeymen catching and punishing bad children. Mr and Mrs Bogeyman beat kids while assistant Gatapiat brings a child in a wicker cage to a prison

A young woman selling oublies, Paris, 1816
A young woman in bandana and apron selling oublies (pastry cones), Paris, 1816. She points to a dial on a drum to indicate how many sweets the buyer has won. The little lotter, you always win

Game of the Bridge, Pisa, Italy, 18th century
Game of the Bridge, Gioco del Ponte, Pisa, Italy, 18th century. Six teams from either side of the Arno River compete to take Ponte di Mezzo. They wave standards and beat drums

Masquerade procession with commedia dell'arte figures, Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday. Harlequin in motley with a marotte, Pulcinella with drum and horn

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Front of Catalonia
History of Spain. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Front of Catalonia. Carlist troops under the command of General Juan Antonio Guergue besieged the town of Olot between September and October 1835

First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Mendigorria
History of Spain. Navarre. First Carlist War (1833-1840). Battle of Mendigorria (16th July 1835)

March of Ashanti warriors, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1873

The arch of Laodicea in Syria, near Latakia
View of the ruins of the hexagonal court in the Heliopolis, Temple of Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Mistakenly labeled Arco di Laodicea

Richard Tarleton, popular performer in Elizabethan theatre
Richard Tarleton (or Tarlton, ?-1588), popular performer in the Elizabethan theatre. 16th century

Statue of Cybele or Terra Mater, Roman goddess of the earth, with tympanum drum and naiskos headdress. Copperplate engraving by Giacomo Bossi after an illustration by A

Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo playing music and dancing
Natives of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo) playing various musical instruments and dancing

Diola Man from Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - at a Festival Date: circa 1907

Large German Military Brass Band in all its glory! Date: circa 1909

Cartoon, At the camp of Maurice de Saxe (1745)

Boy Scout Band circa 1912

Glorious Gallantry of the Middlesex Regiment at Albuhera
The Glorious Gallantry of the Middlesex Regiment, the Die Hards, at the Battle of Albuhera, Peninsular War, 16 May 1811 Date: 1811

Drum Horse of the 7th Dragoon Guards, Review Order
The Drum Horse of the 7th Dragoon Guards, Review Order Date: 1915

The Border Regiment, Uniforms and Colours - Private (1756), Drummer, 55th Regiment (1792), Grenadier, 55th Regiment (1767) Date: 18th century

Peninsular War, six French drums, spoils of war
Peninsular War, six French drums and a silver-mounted drum major's staff

Grenadier Guards, Sergeant and Drummer in State dress Date: 1915

Colours, Drums and Goat Mascot of Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Colours, Drums and Goat Mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Date: 1915

Natives Of Tahiti
A group portrait engraving of four natives of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, sitting cross legged, one seems to be using an upturned cooking vessel as a drum. Date: circa 1901

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