Instrument Collection (page 21)

Caricature of the actor Edward Terry
Caricature of the English actor and theatre manager Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912), seen here playing a flute. 1880

Snap Playing Card - Man with penny whistle. circa 1910s

Music cover, Playtime Melodies. 1902

Mrs Rabbit playing a Harp. circa 1900s

Music cover, Louis Armstrong, Takes Two To Tango, words and music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. 1952

London Cries - Troop, every one! - toy trumpets. 1827

Illustration, Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle. (1 of 4) circa late 19th century

Music cover, Gypsy Violin, words by Charles O Flynn, music by Jack Betzner. 1935

Music cover, Fiddle & I, Waltz
Music cover, Fiddle & I, a waltz based on Mrs Goodeves popular song, by Otto Roeder. circa 1891

Music cover, Fiddle Sticks Polka by J H Wolton, dedicated to Mrs Charles Crutchley. circa 1890

The International Inventions Exhibition, London
Programme cover design, The International Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885, Daily Programme, Musical and Other Arrangements, with a female figure holding a violin. 1885

Portrait of John Joshua Poole, music hall proprietor
Portrait of John Joshua Poole (?-1882), music hall proprietor and musician. 1882

Woman blowing the Lure, Vasterbotten, Sweden (now Finland)
Woman of Westrobothnia, Vasterbotten, Sweden (now in Finland) blowing the Lur (Lure, Lurr), a long horn, from a hilltop. Its purposes included signalling and calling cattle. circa late 18th century

Cheery Families - Miss Bull the Butchers Daughter. 1890s

Title page, Ching Hoti, A Chinese Love Tale. circa 1850s

Japanese woman playing a flute. Date: 1910s

Woman police officer on horseback, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) on horseback in Central London in front of a band of marching guardsmen. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Male and female police band members, London
Male and female police band members, Met Police, London, both in ceremonial uniform. The WPC in the foreground is holding a clarinet

A Melting Moment or The Warm Kiss. 20th century

Music from India & Rome: a sur-sanga & harpsichord
Page from the Illustrated London News, 9th March 1963, showing two instruments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: a sur-sanga, a five-stringed instrument from South India

Salvation Army band in action in a street. Date: 1970s

Man listening to brass band
Man sitting on a deckchair, listening to a brass band. Date: 1970s

Musical instrument shop, Johnny Roadhouse. Date: 1970s

Busker in a shopping precinct
Busker playing his guitar in a shopping precinct -- an elderly woman offers some coins. Date: 1970s

Bagpipe player in a shopping precinct. Date: 1970s

Audience at a pop concert. Date: 1970s

Greetings card design, A Dream of Patience, in Pre-Raphaelite style with gold decoration, showing a group of young women sitting or standing listlessly while Cupid plays his lyre. Date: circa 1890s

Angel with trumpet on a Christmas card -- Behold I bring you Glad Tidings. Date: circa 1890s

Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas card
Alice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with two frogs in the moonlight. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1890s

Two frogs with flute and ladder on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Frog playing flute on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Frog playing trombone on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Three frogs playing banjos on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Four frogs playing guitars on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Boy with violin on a cutout Christmas card
Boy with violin surrounded by pink flowers on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Cherub riding a swan on a greetings card
Cherub with lyre riding a swan on a greetings card with an ornate floral border. circa 1890s

Weather Prophet
The Weather Prophet, an instrument used at Kew Observatory to record wind direction and velocity. An invaluable invention for forcasting the weather. Date: 25 January 1933

Neon Tube Oscillator
A Neon Tube Rhythmic Oscillator, an ingenious instrument to enable testing of telephonic equipment to be carried out direct from the telephone exchange. Date: March 1933

Broadwood Piano 1902 - 1
The piano as ostentatious furniture - an elegant Broadwood instrument. Date: 1902

Broadwood Piano 1902 - 2
Combining function and form - a handsome Broadwood instrument. Date: 1902

Lady at Piano 1847
A young lady plays soulfully, her eyes raised above the score... Date: 1847

Musician of Dahomey
A Kenikbah (harpist) of Dahomey, West Africa, dances while he plays the KAN-GRO, a simple hand-held harp-like instrument. Date: circa 1860

Racial / Japan / Lady 8C
Japanese lady of the court playing a large harp-like instrument Date: 8th century

Advert for Le Pianola-Piano 1912
Le Pianola-Piano permits anyone with a taste for music to play - without any previous study - the most difficult pieces in the repertory, to the admiration of all ! Date: 1912

Cartoon, A Bargain, WW1
Cartoon, A Bargain. A man asks the owner of a junk shop if he has any rare war-related items. The shopkeeper seems to have plenty to choose from. Date: 1916

Guitar on its Own
A six-stringed instrument, usually used as a solo instrument or to accompany a singer, but occasionally employed in an orchestra. Date: 1897

Bristol / Street / Sepia
Bristol: a street scene Date: 1890s

Science / Instruments 1827
A mathematical instrument maker with some of his instruments - astrolabe, telescope, armillary sphere etc. Date: 1827

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