Listening Collection (page 4)

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

Frogs on a riverbank on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

tapping Telephone Line
French soldiers tapping telephone wires and listening into conversations at Geneva Junction to hear how disarmament proposals will affect them. Date: early 1920s

Teacher quizzes pupils
A teachers questions her pupils about their parents names. Date: 1905

Ella Russell / Actress 89
ELLA RUSSELL Actress Date: 1889

Kerner / Uhland / Schwab
JUSTINUS ANDREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER German poet and physician with Uhland and Gustav Schwab, with whom he formed the Swabian School of poetry Date: 1786 - 1862

Ang Kauffmann / Allegory
ANGELICA KAUFFMANN Swiss artist, resident in London (1766-81) and then in Rome; here depicted in the character of Design listening to the Inspiration of Poetry Date: 1741 - 1807

Disraeli / Caldecott / 1874
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Earl of Beaconsfield Giving a speech as the new Prime Minister in 1874 Date: 1804 - 1881

FREE & EASY EDINBURGH
A man sings very heartily as everyone sits listening attentively, at an Edinburgh working mens Free and easy. Date: 1883

Family Listening In
The family listen in to their Radiola set Date: circa 1926

Futuristic machine for reading human thought waves
A futuristic machine which registers and translates human thought waves, even if the subject is unconscious or unable to speak. Date: 1928

Listening to a Story
Reading a story to guests at a Christmas house party Date: 1892

Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

The Golfers Paradise by H. M. Bateman
The Golfers Paradise - Telling them What Happened at the 16th Hole. The golfing bore epitomised in this fabulous cartoon by Bateman, showing the ultimate fantasy - a golfer seated in an armchair

Posada, Illustration, The Adventures of Don Chepito
Illustration, The Adventures of Don Chepito -- Don Chepito addressing people in the street from a cart. Date: circa 1890s

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 Mothers Picture Alphabet -- O, showing an organ grinder with a group of children. Date: circa 1860

Quality Street by J M Barrie
Promotional postcard for Quality Street by J M Barrie. First produced at the Vaudeville Theatre, 17th September 1902. Quality Street is a comedy in four acts by J. M

Piano recital group, c. 1800
A piano recital for a family, interior, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

The Kiss Call by Fred Thomson
Promotional postcard for The Kiss Call by Fred Thomson from Le Coup de Telephone, a farce, by Paul Gavault and Georges Beer; music Ivan Caryll. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 8th October 1919

Crowd listening to band, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Crowd listening to a band of 60 performers, Santa Cruz, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Family scenes on a three-part Christmas card, looking back to previous generations. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, The new Fraulein, WW1
Cartoon, The new Fraulein. An elderly French man asks his two granddaughters what they think of the new Fraulein (presumably their governess)

Amateur photographers stand on car, Manchester Air Show
Two amateur photographers stand on their car, and a man tunes his radio to listen in, as they attend the then annual Manchester Air Show at Barton Aerodrome, Eccles. Date: circa 1980

Workers listen to speaker at a rally in Eccles, Manchester
Workers listen to a speaker at a rally in Eccles, Manchester. In the background is an amusing advertising poster. Date: circa 1980

Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed, WW1
Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed. A French soldier needs to ask the nurse for the chamber pot, but doesn t want the German to hear him in case its sensitive information

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a dog who stole eggs
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a black retriever who stole eggs and ate them, seen here in his normal listening position, a picture of innocence. Date: 1927

French veterans listen to a WW1 soldier
A military circle in Paris. French veterans from another war listen to a First World War soldier tell them about the current conflict. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Ancient Music, by James Gillray. Showing King George III and Queen Charlotte listening to music. Others present include Charles James Fox and William Pitt. Date: 1787

An interesting story, Les Images en Musique
A man fishing reads an interesting story from his book, while his dog barks at a fish, illustration in Les Images en Musique

Studio portrait, little boy on the phone
Studio portrait of a little boy on the phone. Date: circa 1960s

Concert in the War Zone for soldiers and others, France, WW1
Concert in the War Zone for the boys in khaki and blue. British soldiers, nurses and others listen to an open air concert in the shade of trees, somewhere in France. Date: 1915

A French Sentry and his War Dog on Duty
An outpost on duty in France with a French war dog, which acted as an extra pair of ears while on sentry duty. Date: 1915

Selector portable wireless advertisement, 1929
Advertisement for the Selector Quality Portable featuring Mr Derek Oldham and Miss Winnie Melville listening intently from the comfort of a hammock and garden chair. Date: 1929

Listening for counter-mining in the First World War
A French officer of engineers in a mine-gallery, listening for German counter-mining with special drums and microphones. A very delicate operation. Date: 1917

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