Harp Collection (page 6)

Tours and Excursions in the Emerald Isle, with Cooks
Cover illustration for Tours and Excursions in the Emerald Isle (Ireland), with Thomas Cook & Son of Dublin, Belfast and London

Tours & Excursions, Emerald Isle
A montage of Irish scenes and landmarks, including the Giants Causeway, Connemara, Killarney, Rostrevor, and a lady playing a harp

Condolences Card
A rather bizarre condolences card - part of a Mourning Series ! An Angel is shown plucking at an angelic harp before a large silver cross and the bright rays of the sun as doves fly by

Blind Sudanese Dancer and Harpist
A blind Sudanese Dancer with a thin stick performs to the music of a younger musician with a hand-held harp

Ireland - Greetings Card
A greeting card from Ireland (interestingly depicted as one country)

An Andean Harpist with his harp
The harp migrated from Europe to Mexico and South America with the Conquistadores and Missionaries. The South Americans adapted it and it sometimes called the Highland Harp

Garter banner of Queen Mary
The garter banner of Queen Mary, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Garter banner of King George V
The garter banner of King George V, made at the Royal School of Art Needlework (now the Royal School of Needlework) in South Kensington, London

Izmir, Turkey - Customs House and Warehouses
Barges and quayside with a passing camel train, alongside the Customs House and Warehouses at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Burns / Lament for James
LAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN Beneath a craigy steep a Bard, Laden with years and meikle pain, In loud lament bewail d his lord

Greek harp player
Lady in the costume of a classical Greek harp player

Lear / Nonsense / Chin / Pin
There was a Young Lady whose chin, resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp, and played several tunes with her chin

Lear / Nonsense / Welling
There was a Young Lady of Welling, whose praise all the world was a-telling; She played on a harp, and caught several carp, that accomplished Young Lady of Welling

Black African dancer - Egypt
A Black African dancer in Egypt wearing a feathered headdress, playing an elaborate harp

Sidonie Goossens (1899-2004) English harpist playing the harp

Musical Prodigy
The infant Lyra and her harp

On Board a Thames River Steamer, 1874
Engraving showing the passenger deck of a Thames River Steamer, with various passengers seated on benches and two musicians, playing the flute and harp

Litolff / Hommes D aujourd
Henry Charles Litolff Composer

Life on the Stars
On Vega, giant star of the Lyra (harp) constellation, life could take the form of insect- like creatures, here depicted carrying a visiting traveler from Earth

Clavicytherium
A keyboard instrument which shows the evolution from fingered instruments such as the harp to struck instruments such as the clavichord

Handel Monument
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL German-English musicians monument in Westminster Abbey, London

Wife before Marriage
THE DAY BEFORE MARRIAGE carefree, she admires herself in the mirror, her harp near at hand and her pet dog on a footstoool beside her

Learning Music
Studying and practising music on a wide range of instruments under the supervision of a teacher

Myth / German and Norse
King Hejmer and Aslaug - as a wandering harpist

Saul Unsoothed by Harp
Saul goes into a state of depression, and it is hoped that music therapy, supplied by David on his harp, will help him snap out of it

David Plays the Harp
Young David plays the harp to entertain king Saul, but later he will be perceived as a rival for the throne and the two will become enemies

Aslaug & Heimer
Aslaug (Aslog), the daughter of the Volsung Sigurd & the Valkyrie Brynhild, with her foster father Heimer who saved her, hiding her in the sound board of his harp

Young Lady Sewing 1840S
A woman sits on an upholstered chair by some french windows which open onto a garden. Contents of the room include a pedestal table, harp, framed landscape, birdcage & rug

Harpist and Organist
Two ladies, one playing the harp, the other a portable organ

Indian Music Instruments
Three types of Indian musical instrument - one like a lute, another like a harp, the third like a tambourine

Egyptian Harpist
An Ancient Egyptian priest plays an ornamented harp

Japan - the Koto
A Japanese musician plays the KOTO, a harp-like instrument played horizontally on the floor till the player collapses from back-ache

The Harp that Once
Song : The Harp that once through Taras halls the soul of music shed now hangs as mute on Taras walls as though that soul were fled

Hope Temple Photo
HOPE TEMPLE This Irish musician fails to get a mention in any of our reference books. Does she play the harp, compose jigs, sing folksongs ? Who knows ?

Quadrille Accidents 2
Accidents in Quadrille Dancing Mishaps to avoid on the dance floor: a man with two left feet trips dragging the woman opposite down with him to the amusement of a rival female

Lady Plays Harp / 1798
An elegant lady plays the harp

Ancient Egypt Priests
Egyptian priests playing the harp

C19 Harp Player
Lady (Miss Coape) plays merrily on her harp

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