Horn Collection (page 4)

Little Boy Blue, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

The Rauhes Haus, Hamburg
Bird s-eye view of the Rauhes Haus (or Rauhe House), a boys reformatory at Horn, near Hamburg. It is accompanied by a laudatory poem by Karl Gerok. Date: Date unknown

Birthday Card, 2 Years Old, Little Boy Blue. (front cover, 1 of 2) 20th century

Drinking horns and tankards. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Devils claw, Proboscidea fragrans (Fragrant martynia, Martynia fragrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

Ladies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, 14th century
Ladies hunting a stag with bow and arrow, mounted woman blowing a hunting horn and dog attacking stag, 14th century

Women in hunting dresses, with bow and hunting
Women in hunting dresses, with longbow, quiver of arrows, and hunting horn, 15th century, with man in red outfit and hunting horn

Medieval ladies hunting with bow and arrow
Women in hunting dresses, with longbow, quiver of arrows, and hunting horns, 15th century (top). Ladies hunting stag with bow and arrow, hunting horn and dogs, 14th century (bottom)

Men unearthing a fox with dogs, horn and shovels
Men unearthing a fox with shovel, hunting dog and horn, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London

Men swine hunting with spears and horn, 9th century
Men swine hunting in a surreal forest with spears, dogs and hunting horn, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Medieval trained bears: Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and horns peforming over a trained bear, 10th century (top), juggler with bear and drummer with chained bear, 14th century (middle)

Medieval hunting scenes
Man spearing a boar, 14th century, men with dogs, lances and hunting horn swine hunting in a surreal forest, 9th century, and men with shovels and dog unearthing a fox, 14th century

Sword dancing, 9th century
Two men with swords and shields performing a sword dance with a female assistant to horn music, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Anglo-Saxon gleemen performers
Anglo-Saxon harpist and Hoppestere or hopping buffoon (top), 10th century, Anglo-Saxon men dancing to trumpet and horn (middle), 8th century

Preparation for a tournament, 13th century. The king at arms holds the knights banners, the knights salute each other, while bagpiper, horn players and drummers with blazons

The king of popinjay man enters the village with a bird on his lance. In the background, a crowd of archers fire arrows at a windmill, after an engraving from the 18th century

Classical musical instruments: lyres 1, 2, plectrum 3, cithara 4, lute 5, percussion instruments 6, 7, 8, 15, pan pipes 9, crotales 11, tuba 12, flutes 10, 14, 18, 19, triangle 16, cymbals 17

A triumphal carriage with female reapers holding scythes
A triumphal carriage decorated with fruit and flowers from the harvest accompanied by female reapers (Schnitterinnen) holding scythes. A woman with a bushel of wheat sits on a throne

Norman musical instruments and a siege
Norman instruments: violins 243, 245, a pipe organ 244, harps 246, 249, lyre 247, lute 248, zither 250, hunting horn 251, and siege of a castle by archers and soldiers on a boat 252

Sea unicorn or narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Rare specimen with double tusks. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Yellowfoot, firesite funnel and horn of plenty
Yellowfoot or winter mushroom, Cantharellus tubaeformis, firesite funnel, Faerberia carbonaria (Cantharellus carbonarius) and horn of plenty, Craterellus cornucopioides

Street entertainer performing on a horn and violin. After removing his huge glasses from his nose, the old geezer blows on his horn (sarbacane) and plays the violin, grimacing all the time

Fashionable people playing the memory game of the gentle knight. Players who have made errors have to wear paper horns in their hair. At the beginning, everyone is a gentle knight

Jewel box clam, embossed horn, miter, volute
Various shells: Jewel box clam, Chama squamata 1, embossed horn shell, 2, miter, Mitra mitra (Mitra episcopalis) 3, volute sea snail, Voluta musicalis 4, agate volute 5, groene zilvermond 6

British shorthorn breed of cattle, Bos taurus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Black-faced ram or Norfolk Horn, Ovis aries. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Argali, sheep, Racka sheep and Barbary sheep
Argali, Ovis ammon 1, sheep, Ovis aries 2, Racka sheep, Ovis aries strepsiceros hungaricus 3, and Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia 4

Military musical instruments: trumpet, horn, fife, kettle drum, side drum. Instruments of military musick. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of

Ancient Dragoon on horseback with musket, 17th century
Ancient Dragoon on horseback with helmet, musket and gunpowder horn, 17th century. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English

Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis and comedians, 1828
Costumes of the Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis, and comedians or Saitari, Tunisia, 1828. Musicans playing tabi drums, cymbals, Taghanimt flute and nafir horn

Svetovid, Slavic deity of war and sun, depicted as a four-faced god with a horn of abundance and bow in a temple. A priest predicts the future by observing the behavior of a white horse

Russian military corps: Jaeger, Turk and Wallachian
Russian military: Hunter or Jaeger corps in shacko with horn and axe 1, mace and axe, and colonel in pelisse coat 3, Turkish corps in turban 4, and Wallachian soldier 5

Funeral procession and cortege for a king of Tonkin, Vietnam. The kings body on a palanquin with servants holding parasols and fans

Ceremonial dance for Artemis or Diana the Huntress in a sacred forest on the island of Delos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios

Medieval hunting from a bas relief on a sarcophagus: hunter with horn and hounds, and man with sword attacking a stag at a fountain

Fifth bas-relief of a 12th century sarcophagus. Knights and ladies on horseback hunting deer with sword, bow, horn and hounds. Women hunting birds with hawk and snare

Decorated horn and Runic tablets of the Vikings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Ancient Chinese military uniforms and weapons including suits 5, 9, armour 6, 7, 8, tiger guard shield 37, 38, scimitar 33, scabbard 34, quiver 39, axe 36, helmet 3, 4, 6, and horn 32

Ancient Egyptian musical instruments. Musicians in loose tunics playing harps, theorbo, horn, sistrum and tambourine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios

The king of the Ashanti welcoming an English mission
The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcoming an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich in 1817. Reception feast with dancers, drummers, horns, parasols and flags, the king seated on a gold stool

Weapons and musical instruments of the Gold Coast natives
Weapons, musical instruments and gold accessories of the natives of the Gold Coast (Ghana), Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Three heralds with trumpets adorned with fleur-de-lis standards, 15th century. They wear small caps, short capes over short tunics, one with slashed sleeves, hose and long pointed shoes

Roman legionnaires and musicians
Heavily armed Roman legionnaires 1, 2, lightly armed soldiers 3, 4, Roman soldier with pack on a march 5, eagle bearer 6 and trumpet and horn players 7, 8

Bacchus with thyrsus, tripod horn and crown of leaves standing in a forest. He stands on a drunken satyr in front of a statue of Priapus

Programme cover, Pavilion Theatre of Varieties, Glasgow, Scotland. 1911

Roanoid bakelite colour range -- Mottled Horn, Tortoiseshell, Wine, Dark Green, Jade, Auburn. Date: 1930s

Young Huberts Dream

R A Lister Military Band, Roman Baths, Bath. Date: 1935

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