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Lyre Collection (page 3)

Background imageLyre Collection: Albert Memorial (View 1 ) poets

Albert Memorial (View 1 ) poets - one side of Albert Memorial (Poets figures one with lyre). Part of Box 34 Boswell Collection - London Streets. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLyre Collection: Cherub playing a harp on a greetings postcard

Cherub playing a harp on a greetings postcard
Cherub playing a harp with butterflies circling round on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLyre Collection: Solomon. King of Israel. Engraving. Colored

Solomon. King of Israel. Engraving. Colored
Solomon. King of Israel. Reign C. 970-931 BC. House of David. Engraving. Colored

Background imageLyre Collection: Richard Wagner - German composer

Richard Wagner - German composer
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - German composer. Date: 1907

Background imageLyre Collection: Apollo with lire

Apollo with lire. Roman sculpture after an original of the classical period. The inset eyes are of marble and the eyelashes of bronze. Was found in a Roman villa in Tusculum. Glyptothek. Munich

Background imageLyre Collection: John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise lost. Colore

John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise lost. Colore
John Milton (1608-1674). British poet. Paradise Lost. Epic poem in blank verse. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books

Background imageLyre Collection: House Masferrer. Sgraffit. Vic. Spain

House Masferrer. Sgraffit. Vic. Spain
Spain. Catalonia. Vic. House Masferrer. 19th - 20th centuries. Sgraffiti depicting musicians. Facade. Detail

Background imageLyre Collection: Horace (65-8 B. C. ). Roman lyric poet. Opera

Horace (65-8 B. C. ). Roman lyric poet. Opera
Horace (65-8 B.C.). Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. Opera. 18th century

Background imageLyre Collection: 19 th century art. Masferrer house. Sgrafitto. Vic. Cataloni

19 th century art. Masferrer house. Sgrafitto. Vic. Cataloni
19 th century art. Casa Masferrer. Sgrafitto. Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Background imageLyre Collection: Apollo with his lyre. 600-550 B. C. Cyprus

Apollo with his lyre. 600-550 B. C. Cyprus
GREEK ART. CYPRUS. Apollo with his lyre. Found in Poros. Dated between 600-550 b.C. Museum of Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art. Athens. Greece

Background imageLyre Collection: Victorian Photo Album - title page

Victorian Photo Album - title page. 19th century

Background imageLyre Collection: Greetings card design, A Dream of Patience

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

Background imageLyre Collection: Cherub riding a swan on a greetings card

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

Background imageLyre Collection: Ang Kauffmann / Allegory

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

Background imageLyre Collection: Homer / Bust / Lyre / Anon

Homer / Bust / Lyre / Anon
HOMER Blind Greek poet Date: 9th - 8th Century BC

Background imageLyre Collection: Fenelon / Cook / Kearsly

Fenelon / Cook / Kearsly
FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE FENELON French divine and writer Date: 1651 - 1715

Background imageLyre Collection: Cervantes / Lalouze / Sepia

Cervantes / Lalouze / Sepia
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES Spanish novelist Date: 1547 - 1616

Background imageLyre Collection: Cowper / Raimbach / Fuseli

Cowper / Raimbach / Fuseli
WILLIAM COWPER English poet fast asleep, watched over by his Muse Date: 1731 - 1800

Background imageLyre Collection: Geoffrey Chaucer / Collyer

Geoffrey Chaucer / Collyer
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales and other works Date: 1340 - 1400

Background imageLyre Collection: Keats / Severn / Graves

Keats / Severn / Graves
JOHN KEATS AND JOSEPH SEVERN Graves of the poet and the artist side by side in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome Date: 1795 - 1821

Background imageLyre Collection: Keats / Rome / Grave

Keats / Rome / Grave
JOHN KEATS English poets grave in Rome: the inscription reads Here lies One Whose Name was Writ in Water Date: 1795 - 1821

Background imageLyre Collection: Verdi cartoon Mailly

Verdi cartoon Mailly
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) the Italian opera composer depicted as a music peddler

Background imageLyre Collection: Jean Racine Collyer

Jean Racine Collyer
JEAN RACINE French dramatist Date: 1639 - 1699

Background imageLyre Collection: James Thomson - Paton

James Thomson - Paton
James Thomson (1700 - 1748) Scottish poet at the age of 46, with cherubs

Background imageLyre Collection: Lady Playing a Lyre

Lady Playing a Lyre
A French actress plays the lyre Date: circa 1805

Background imageLyre Collection: John Dryden Chapman

John Dryden Chapman
JOHN DRYDEN The English poet and Poet Laureate, from an edition of his Ode on St Cecelia. Date: 1631 - 1700

Background imageLyre Collection: John Dryden Sharp

John Dryden Sharp
JOHN DRYDEN The English poet and Poet Laureate. Date: 1631 - 1700

Background imageLyre Collection: John Dryden Evans

John Dryden Evans
JOHN DRYDEN Three portraits of the English poet and Poet Laureate. Date: 1631 - 1700

Background imageLyre Collection: Victor Hugo / Plaque

Victor Hugo / Plaque
VICTOR HUGO Commemorative plaque to the French novelist, placed on the wall of his birthplace in Besancon, December 1880 Date: 1802 - 1885

Background imageLyre Collection: Tennyson - Figaro cartoon

Tennyson - Figaro cartoon
Alfred, lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) English poet Cartoon

Background imageLyre Collection: Heinrich Heine / Montmartr

Heinrich Heine / Montmartr
HEINRICH HEINE Proposed monument to the German poet and critic in Montmartre Cemetery (he lived in Paris from 1831) Date: 1797 - 1856

Background imageLyre Collection: Cathedral and Rue de la Lyre, Algiers, Algeria

Cathedral and Rue de la Lyre, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910

Background imageLyre Collection: Cathedral and Governors Palace, Algiers, Algeria

Cathedral and Governors Palace, Algiers, Algeria
Cathedral and Governors Palace, Rue de la Lyre, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1920

Background imageLyre Collection: Cross-shaped metal bookmark

Cross-shaped metal bookmark with devotional words -- The Lord is Good. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLyre Collection: Angel with lute on a Christmas card

Angel with lute on a Christmas card
An angel with a lyre on a Christmas card, looking up at the star. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLyre Collection: Calligraphic title page with a putto crowning

Calligraphic title page with a putto crowning a bust with a wreath and another playing a lyre.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Background imageLyre Collection: Zethus with lyre, Amphion in Greek shoes

Zethus with lyre, Amphion in Greek shoes, and a Greek woman with mantle over her head.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Background imageLyre Collection: Calligraphic title page with a bust of Winkelmann

Calligraphic title page with a bust of Winkelmann and two putti with geometry tools and globe.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of

Background imageLyre Collection: Cetera or cither by the violin-maker Antonius

Cetera or cither by the violin-maker Antonius Stradivarius, 1700.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Background imageLyre Collection: Cetera or cither

Cetera or cither.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique, Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888

Background imageLyre Collection: Music and dance of the 8th or 9th century

Music and dance of the 8th or 9th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Background imageLyre Collection: Vignettes of cupids or genii

Vignettes of cupids or genii.. Vignettes of cupids or genii. Above, a painting found in Resina in 1748 depicting the Genii of Apollo

Background imageLyre Collection: Centauress carrying a young man, playing the

Centauress carrying a young man, playing the lyre and cymbals.. Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749

Background imageLyre Collection: Centaur carrying a youth and teaching him to play the lyre

Centaur carrying a youth and teaching him to play the lyre.. Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749

Background imageLyre Collection: The centaur Chiron teaching Achilles to play

The centaur Chiron teaching Achilles to play the Cetera or lyre.. The centaur Chiron, wearing an animal skin and a wreath of flowers (Centaurus-)

Background imageLyre Collection: Giovanni Battista Doni, Italian musicologist

Giovanni Battista Doni, Italian musicologist
Giovanni Battista Doni (1594-1647), Italian musicologist who studied ancient music. He changed the name of the tonic note Ut, renaming it Do after his own family name. Seen here at the age of 50

Background imageLyre Collection: Alexandre Lenoir 2

Alexandre Lenoir 2
ALEXANDRE LENOIR French archeologist, with ancient carvings to prove it, and a lyre (?) and palette as evidence of his artistic talents. Date: 1762 - 1839

Background imageLyre Collection: Eliz. Ctess. Harrington

Eliz. Ctess. Harrington
ELIZABETH countess of HARRINGTON (nee Green) wife of Leicester Stanhope, fifth earl : she is depicted romantically strumming her lyre by moonlight. Date: ? - 1898



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