Listening Collection (page 3)

Listening to a Phonograph, South Africa, c. 1902
Illustration showing two Europeans demonstrating their phonograph (music machine) to a group of suitably impressed native South Africans, c.1902. Date: 29/03/1902

Coronation 1953, Thanksgiving Service at St Pauls Cathedral
Queen Elizabeth II (front pew, far right) attending the Coronation thanksgiving service at St. Pauls Cathedral on June 9 1953, a week after the Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey

Satirical cartoon on German army recruitment, WW1
A satirical cartoon by the German artist George Grosz on German army recruitment, showing a doctor examining a decaying skeleton to see if it is fit for military service

Mr Trevor Scott-Chard and Air Scouts
Six Air Scouts stand listening to Mr Trevor Scott-Chard talk about aviation, with a plane visible in the background. circa 1950s

EKCO RADIO
An Ekco radio, well known make from the 1930s. The name derives from the company founders name - Eric Kirkham Cole

Comic German postcard -- health spa doctor and patient
Comic German postcard by Franz Whonpfeng -- the doctor at a health spa examines a grossly overweight female patient. Date: 1909

Advert for John Brinsmead & Sons pianos 1889
Victorian lady playing The Moonlight Sonata, on a piano, with gentlemen in white tie gather round to listen. 1889

Leslie Howard and Georges Perinal, The First of The Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943), English actor, and Georges Perinal (1897-1965), French cinematographer, on location during the filming of The First of The Few

A swarhy brigand makes his first ever telephone call
Painting by Joso Buzan (1873-1936), Croatian academic painter, depicting what appears to be a lively telephone exchange between a stranded Pirate and his Shipmates

Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199) listen music. Engraving. C
Richard I of England (1157-1199), known as Richard the Lionheart. King of England. Engraving depicting a court scene. The King listen music. Colored

Michelangelo explaining anatomy to his disciples. Engraving
Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) (1475-1564). Italian artist. Engraving depicting Michelangelo explaining anatomy to his disciples. From the composition of H. Georg Urlaub. Colored

Germanic bards. Colored engraving
Bard. Among the ancient Celts, a poet who composed panegyrics and songs of war, but then went on to describe the heroic or lyric poet of any age or country. Germanic bards. Colored engraving

Sack of Rome (410) led by Alaric I (ca. 370-410), King of the Visigoths (395-410), during the reign of Emperor Honorius. It was a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire. Colored engraving

Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard in Her Cardboard Lover
Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard appearing in in Her Cardboard Lover at the Lyric Theatre, London in 1928. Date: 1928

A Turkey Glide by William Heath Robinson
The latest Christmas family gliders fitted with listening in equipment for hearing Dutch concerts during dinner. One particularly large family flies through the air while using hot water bottles or

Listening post WWI
Listening post in a mine shift during World War I

Gustav Vasa persuading the elders of Lubeck
Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden, persuading the elders of Lubeck to join him in a rebellion against Christian II of Denmark

Raleigh / Boy / Storyteller
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator as a young boy, listening to a sailors exciting tales of the sea

Man playing trumpet, dog listening
Unusual Friends - man playing trumpet, dog listening. 1950s

Large audience at Penwith Rock Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1983

Grandmamma Telling a Story by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Grandmamma Telling a Story. Five children and their Grandpappa are seen listening to the Grandmamma telling them all a story. Date: 1906

Lunchtime on Tower Hill
The front cover of The Bystander magazine features two lorry drivers in Tower Hill, London enjoying a Brigade of the Guards band performance on their lunch-break. 1940

Band Concert in Elder Park, Adelaide, Australia. Date: circa 1920s

Rhapsody by W. E. Webster
A young woman in a blue dance dress listens intently to a pianist. 1930

Shakespeare - Twelfth Night - Malvolio: I extend my hand to him thus. circa 1830

Shakespeare - Two Gentlemen of Verona - Silvia: I do detest false perjur d Proteus. circa 1830

Piano tuner at work on an upright piano. early 20th century

Man plays gramophone record for baby. early 20th century

Nicolete by Frank Haviland
The Type He Most Admires: Mr Frank Havilands Example. Nicolete from Andrew Langs translation of Aucassin and Nicolete. Date: 1909

Listening to music transmitted by wireless from Holland
An English household entertained by a Dutch concert. Listening to music transmitted by wireless from Holland. A member of the family tuning in the receiver by simple adjustments. 1922

Twelfth Night - Duke Orsino listens to music. 1862

Nursery Rhymes - Dan listening to bells
Dan listening to bells - Dan in street listening to bells. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s

Old Castle Street School, London - Children Listen to Gramop
The London School Boards Old Castle Street School - children listening to a gramophone at an Evening Party. Date: early 1900s

American Theatre Wing, New York, USA, WW2
The American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen, 44th Street Theatre, New York City, USA, during the Second World War. No-one is taking any notice of the warning poster: Don t Talk

Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Informer. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Family reading tales of Charles Perrault. Engraving by Pannemaker. 19th century

Diderot, Denis (1713-1784). French writer and philosopher. The tertulia of Diderot. Colored engraving of The Artistic Illustration, 1888

Minstrel reciting poems and songs. Germany
Germany. Minstrel reciting poems and songs at the foot of a lime tree in the village square. Colored engraving of Germania, 1882

History of England. Meeting at the Royal Society of London. Engraving, 1890. Colored

Father and son. Miniature of Le Recueil of Devotion. 14th century. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Cloistered nuns. Gospel reading. 19th-century colored engraving

Frauenlob, German poet (d. 1318), listening to a musician. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 399r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany

Pedagogues sarcophagus. Relief. III c. A. C
Pedagogues sarcophagus. Relief depicting a teacher with his students. III century A.C. National Archaeological Museum. Tarragona. Catalonia. Spain

The Listening Dionysus, God of the grape harvest, wine-making and wine, of ritual madness and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology Date: 1910

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Mike the Announcers Wife. circa 1930s

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

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

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo with golf clubs and headphones
George Ernest Studdy, two colour sketches of Bonzo, one with a bag of golf clubs and balancing a golfball on his nose, the other wearing headphones as mascot for the Crosley Radio Corporation

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