Hearing Collection

Blodgetts Hearing Aid
Diagrams to show Blodgetts micro-audiphone hearing aid and how it is inserted into the ear

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters chasing the car
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, not wishing to be left behind, chasing his masters car on hearing the horn sounding. Date: 1927

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

Audience of Darius I. Persian art
DARIUS I the Great (550 BC-486BC). Persian Emperor (522-486 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. Representation of the king on his throne during hearing with officers Medes. Treasury Hall of the palace

The Whityngton Stone, Holloway, London, 1854
Engraving showing the Whityngton Stone, a memorial to Sir Richard Whittington (1358-1423), London, 1854. This stone was placed on the spot in Upper Holloway where he was traditionally supposed to

Curry&rice / British Judge
British Judge hearing a case

Comic postcard, Deaf old man misunderstands pretty young woman Date: 20th century

Illustration, La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland), Battle of Roncevaux (778). Charlemagne hears Rolands horn, calling for help, but they will arrive too late to save the hero. Date: 778

Elizabethan Lawyers Date: circa 1600

RMS Titanic, table of English composer Archibald Joyce
An important piece of musical and Titanic history, a late 19th/early 20th century oak barley twist gateleg table on which the composer and ?English Waltz King? Archibald Joyce (1873)

Doctor syringing a patient's ear Date: 1888

President of the Supreme Court of Justice - Judge of Hearing
President of the Supreme Court of Justice (left) and Judge of Hearing (right). Chromolithography. Historia de las Ordenes de Caballeria y de las Condecoraciones Espanolas

President of the Supreme Court of Justice (left) and Judge of Hearing (right). Chromolithography. Historia de las Ordenes de Caballeria y de las Condecoraciones Espanolas

Edward VII's racing victories
Montage showing Edward VII leading in Minoru, his 1909 Derby winner. The King is just seen underneath the top hat he is raising

Comic postcard, Deaf man misunderstands Date: 20th century

English gentleman in his study hearing a case of poaching
English gentleman in his study with his wife hearing a case of poaching on his estate. A gamekeeper holds up a hare while the alleged poachers family plead for his life

Rosa McDermott and her mother hearing a prophecy from a Romany woman fortune-teller during a walk. They wear wide hooped petticoats

Anatomy of the human ear and eye. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839

Children Hearing Carols

Beethovens Hearing Aids
A selection of Beethovens hearing aids

Orleans, France - The 500th Anniversary - Joan of Arc
Orleans, France - The President of France (Joseph Athanase Gaston) Paul Doumer (1857-1932) and his principal Ministers lead a parade to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of Jeane D Arc hearing

Comic postcard, Deaf old lady misunderstanding Date: 20th century

Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, WW1
Cartoon, Hearing cannon fire in Constantinople, showing the ladies of the Turkish Harem alarmed by the sound of the guns of Gallipoli - likewise the Sultan himself! Date: 1915

Advert for D. H Wilsons deafness 1902
Wilsons common-sense ear-drums, deafness and head noises relieved. 1902

Pharaoah has his dreams interpreted by Joseph
Pharaoah, King of Egypt, hearing the interpretation of his two dreams from Joseph - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 41.26. 1787

Mary Benton (120)
MARY BENTON Countrywoman of Kiverston, Durham, England : at age 119 she fed her chickens, enjoyed good hearing and sight, and never consulted a doctor. Date: 1731 - 1851

Man Hard of Hearing / 1881
Illustration showing how our sensory faculties deteriorate with age: in this case, our hearing Date: 1881

Posada, Illustration to a story, The Wise Lay Brother
Illustration to a story, The Wise Lay Brother -- he speaks before the king. Date: circa 1900

The Silent Service by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon 1918
THE SILENT SERVICE An elderly gentleman strains himself to try to hear what a younger man is saying. Date: 1918

E. Thorp Hicks with his sound educator for helping the deaf
The inventor of the Sound educator, Mr E. Thorp Hincks, pictured with his invention which subjected the ear to the recurrence of sounds whose pitch

LOZANO SIDRO, Adolfo (1872-1935). Introducing a lady to Alfonso XIII of Spain. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

German delegates listen to peace terms after WW1
The Fate of the German Empire. The German delegates listen to the reading of the Peace Terms. They are: Dr Melchior; Herr Leinert (President of the Assembly), Dr Landsberg (Minister of Justice)

Lifeboatmen, c1870
Three lifeboatmen scan the horizon for seafarers in peril. Date: c.1870

Man and woman with radio equipment
A man and a woman sit with radio equipment, including earphones, clearly enjoying what they are hearing

Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife
" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife

Pretty French girl putting a shell to her ear to hear the sounds of the sea. Date: 1943

The progression of romance in five senses - French Style - from initial sighting to the bedroom in five simple steps! Seeing - Hearing - Smelling - Touching and... Tasting! Date: circa 1910s

Vietnam - Hue - Investiture feast / festival of King Bao Dai
Investiture feast/festival of King Bao Dai - formal hearing before the Thai Hoa Palace, (The Palace of Supreme Peace) at Hue, Vietnam

CADOUDAL, Georges (1771-1804). French counterrevolutionary guerrilla. Hearing of the process against Cadoudal. Auguste-Jules-Armand-Marie de Polignac. Watercolour. FRANCE. Paris

Cesar De Bus
CESAR DE BUS French founder of the Fathers of Christ, depicted in the act of hearing pious children recite their catechisms. Date: 1544 - 1607

The Witness Who Would Rather Not Say by H. M. Bateman
A glamorous woman in the witness stand at a court hearing, keeps her own counsel, much to the delight of the judge and others present. See picture number 10636972 for the partner to this image

The Witness Who Spoke Up by H. M. Bateman
Humorous cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a rather vociferous witness in the stand at a court hearing, shattering the ear drums of the judge and others around him

Shepherd bellows into horses ear
Rather Hard of Hearing A young Shepherd fails to get the message across to his trusty steed, who appears to be stone deaf. Date: circa 1910s

A Hearing - Four Egyptian men sitting outside a Cafe have their quiet discussion rudely interrupted by a wandering (and very noisy) bagpipe player! Date: circa 1916

Ear Picker - India
A wonderful postcard depicting an Indian ear picker and client in Bombay (Mumbai)

A childs bathtime. By A. E. Bestall
Child (hearing knock at the door): If you come in, Uncle, you must excuse me being all pink! A bathtime scene depicting a mother bathing her young daughter

War Nerves - Terrible Effect of a Clap of Thunder
An edgy population descend into panic on hearing a clap of thunder, convinced it is a zeppelin bomb. The result of propaganda and the spread of hysteria in the opening months of World War One

Hearing the News
Red Army troops pause to learn the latest news as they advance on Baku

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