Heard Collection

Two cats sit on a rooftop gazing at the full moon
A black and white cat sit on a rooftop gazing at the full moon; I don t know what they say to each other but I have often heard them talking. Date: circa 1912

Zulu war. At Bay. The Battle of Isandula (Isandhlwana), Janua
The last order we heard given was Fix bayonets, men, and die like English soldiers do, and so they did. Extract from a letter from a survivor

A Visit to the Irish Pig! With reflections Physical & Moral
George III, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain Salisbury, inspects a gigantic pig. Salisbury announces That Pig is the Tallest Fittest Properest Pig to stand before the K[ing]

Trial: Boycott Incident
The trial of those who threatened the landowner Captain Boycott is heard before a packed courtroom

Spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

Tree and spring balance brass dial, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The spring balance used by Cody in early engine-thrust tests. Circa 1908, by Salter?s, the brass dial marked to 600lb

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - First Class Bedroom Steward and victim Charles Crumplin, handwritten letter on Titanic stationery with White Star Line watermark, undated but written from Queenstown

Caricature illustration, Highland Bull with radio aerial, with herdsman listening below. Captioned, Things seen and heard'

88 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Inlaid silver and copper damascene work depicting Rachel sitting

DRUNK ZENO BURIED ALIVE
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491

ZENO ENTOMBED ALIVE
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491

EMPEROR ZENO DIES
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor Drunk as usual, he is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: ruled 474 - 491

The Whittington Stone
An early 19th century rendering of the Whittington Stone which stands at the foot of Highgate Hill, London marking the spot where Dick Whittington

Have you heard
circa 1910s

An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombs
French soldier holding an electrical induction balance, capable of detecting buried explosive shells. These shells had been causing large numbers of casualties to civilian agricultural workers

FALL / DACHSHUND / LONG / 1972
COOBEG BLUEBEARD Owned by Heard. Date: 1972

The cockpit where Nelson died in H. M. S. Victory
The interior of the famous H.M.S. Victory as shown for the first time in colour after its redecoration and restoration as it would have appeared at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Sir Henry Morton Stanley and his retinue in Central Africa
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre) and his retinue of local porters and hunters, marching across Africa in search of Dr. David Livingstone, 1871

Comic postcard, I heard you re back! Date: 20th century

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791). Austrian composer of classical music. Mozart, with fourteen years, plays from memory the Miserere by Gregorio Allegri

Cartoon, Music hall proprietors, after they have heard from the Metropolitan Board of Works -- a comment on building regulations which must be complied with. 1882

Hugh Crompton
HUGH CROMPTON Unsuccessful poet who emigrated to Ireland and was never afterwards heard of : he left behind some indifferent verses, some of them coarse. Date: CIRCA 1787

Suffragette Bombs and Bottom. Gentleman in a top hat encounters with some surprise a well built suffragette with an enormous bottom

Sheet music cover, I ve Heard That Song Before, with words and music by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. From the film Youth on Parade, starring John Hubbard, Ruth Terry, Martha O Driscoll, Tom Brown

James Montgomery - 1
JAMES MONTGOMERY Who is there at all acquainted with English literature that has not heard of James Montgomery ? asks the ILN. Well, I for one... Date: 1771 - 1854

near Goldfield - Nevada
Near Goldfield - Nevada - Joshua tree. We walked over to some through rattle snake area but saw and heard none. Date: 1952

The Edison concert phonograph Have you heard it?. Advertising poster for Edison phonographs showing a man playing a phonograph on a stage before large audience seated in a grand concert hall

Mr. McCutchins, editor of the local newspaper in Franklin, Heard County, Georgia. Date 1941 Apr.-May

Farndon Bridge, an old bridge across the River Dee, Cheshire England. The bridge is allegedly haunted by two children, whose screams can be heard on rainy nights. Date: 1960s

And there they sat and sang all night, I heard them singing in my sleep (Visitors). 1922

Sir Isaac Heard
SIR ISaC HEARD Herald, Garter king-of-arms Date: 1730 - 1822

Lear / Nonsense / Russia
There was a Young Lady of Russia, who screamed so that no one could hush her; Her screams were extreme, no one heard such a scream as was screamed by that Lady from Russia

Fable / Mountain in Labour
THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOUR When a mountain is heard to utter prodigious groans, multitudes flock to it in expectation of wonders, but all that appears is a mouse

Lamberts Hydroglisseur
Lambert demonstrates his HYDROGLISSEUR (water-glider) off the coast of Monaco. Its a bit of a gamble, he is heard to remark

The premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race
An illustration of the premature end of the Paris-Madrid automobile race, showing the arrival at Bordeaux of the first car driven by M. Louis Renault

The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir, spreading destructio
The bursting of the Bilberry Reservoir. Much destruction was caused by the flooding, bridges lost and buildings demolished

Ape Signalman
This signalman of Uitenhage, South Africa, lost both legs and an arm when run over by a train : he taught a baboon to operate the signals when he heard the train whistle

Scottish Emigrant
A Scottish emigrant far from his native land recalls the songs he heard at his mothers knee and would very much like to hear them again

French Military Band
Every French regiment takes pride in its band, whose music is heard both on the parade- ground and to sustain morale on route-marches

Folklore / Lubins
LES LUBINS - entities of Berry, central france - inoffensive creatures who lurk near cemeteries, and can be heard chatting in an unknown tongue

Joshua at Jericho / Martin
And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, and they took the city

Ships in the Ice
The brig Renovation sights two vessels on an iceberg, which are supposed to be Franklins Erebus and Terror, last heard of in July 1845

Politicians Speak
Politicians clamour to make themselves heard above their rivals

St Pauls Whisper Gallery
A dramatic view of the WHISPERING GALLERY a notable feature of Wrens design : tourists love the way a whisper can be heard throughout its circumference

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