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Man playing the piano on a cutout Christmas card, with tab to make his hands move up and down. Date: circa 1890s
Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Penny Readings. 1901
An evening with Johann Strauss, including Johannes Brahms, Max Kalbeck, Johann Strauss (at the piano), Carl Goldmark, Alfred Grunfeld, Eduard Strauss, De Bayros, Mrs Strauss, Marquise De Bayros
Whose Shoe? - scene at a dance, with a stray shoe in the middle of the floor. circa 1898
Rex Evans playing the piano at Kettner sRex Evans (1903-1969), British character actor and cabaret artist, caricatured by H. H. Harris in The Bystander at the time he was the cabaret performer at Kettners Restaurant. Date: 1930
John Brinsmead, founder of piano manufacturersJohn Brinsmead, founder of the piano manufacturers
Advert for Pianola Piano 1919Evening scene with people listening to music on the piano. Date: 1919
United States Navy - Pratt-Read XLNE-1 31506, competition #32, at Harris Hill, Elmira, NY in 1946 for the first US soaring contest held after WWII
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), German composer at home with his wife, CosimaRichard Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composer at home with his wife, Cosima, and his father-in-law, Franz Liszt
Upright Piano Date: 1880
Early Recording Machine
Broadwoods Pianoforte manufactory 1858John Broadwood & Sons at Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Showing the extensive building and a large area in which it covered, employing a large number of workmen. Date: 1858
International Exhibition - John Brinsmead & Sons pianos 1885 InternationalInternational Exhibition of Inventions, held in South Kensington, showing John Brinsmead & Sons pianoforters. Date: 1885
UNEMPLOYED SING 1930SA group of unemployed men & women gather to sing in a scheme run by a charity group in Westminster Date: 1930s
Talented DaughterUnappreciated talent : Now then Julier do a done with that pehanner and give the mangle a turn ! Date: 1837 - 1838
Mama Plays, Son ListensSon listens while mama plays the piano. Date: circa 1905
Lady playing an upright piano in her front roomA lady looks up from the keys. Date: circa 1900
Mother, Child, PianoGerman mother and child at the piano Date: circa 1893
WOMAN IN SATIN DRESSA blonde woman wearing a long satin evening dress with a bow at the back and a slight train poses thoughtfully by a piano Date: 1930s
SULTRY PIANO PLAYINGA man plays a piano and looks up at a glamorous woman in a long dress who is leaning seductively on a corner of the piano Date: 1930s
PANTOMIME CHILDREN SINGA group of child performers rehearse the Lullaby for a pantomime, accompanied by piano and fiddle. Date: 1889
Cartoon, music of Richard Wagner -- young Mr Softly has something important to say, so Miss Ethel asks Lucy to play some Wagner, which ought to prevent her from overhearing! Date: 1895
ALFRED CORTOT / LUSCHERALFRED CORTOT Swiss-born pianist and conductor. Date: 1877 - 1962
VERDI & BOITO AT PIANO VERDI & BOITO AT PIANOGIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer with his librettist, Arrigo Boito Date: 1813-1901
Ladies at Piano 1851Two fashionably dressed ladies at the keyboard Date: 1851
AMERICAN PIANISTA young American at the keyboard Date: late 19th Century
3 Evening Dresses 1843Two gowns with corsage en coeur, one with a fringed bertha. The pink gown trimmed with a column of rosettes, the white has a double skirt - the upper looped up in waves. Date: 1843
AFTERNOON TEA IN PARISTaking tea in a Paris hotel Date: 1893
Traditional female accomplishmentsThree young women demonstrating traditional female accomplishments -- reading, embroidery, and playing the piano. Date: 1858
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish musicianSir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935), Scottish composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher. He wrote oratorios, violin and piano pieces, Scottish folk music, and works for the theatre
Advert for Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory 1851Advertisement of Grays Inn Pianoforte Manufactory, C.Cadby patent grand and cottage pianoforte maker. Showing the front of the shop and product. Date: 1851
Harry Yould and his Blackpool Banjoliers Banjo Orchestra. His wife is shown here playing the piano! Date: circa 1950s
Ground Floor Bedsit - Oxford - VictorianGround Floor Bedsit - 20 Marlborough Road, Oxford - Extremely cluttered Victorian interior including brass bed, piano and multiple clocks! Date: 1897
Leopold Godowsky performing at the Bechstein Halll, LondonLeopold Godowsky (18701938) - Polish-American virtuoso pianist, composer, and teacher - performing at the Bechstein Hall (now the Wigmore Hall), Wigmore Street
Grand Floral Piano - Bowling Park, Bradford, Yorkshire Date: 1923
The Disaster, a domestic interior with a cat attacking a pet canary, oil on canvas by Francis Wheatley, initialled and dated F.W. 1788. Date: 1788
PrintAn interior with two ladies, oil on canvas, by Arthur Trevor Haddon, signed Trevor Haddon and dated 1886 or possibly 1880. Date: 1886
Daphne du Maurier and daughters at Menabilly, 1944Author and playwright Daphne du Maurier(1907-1989) giving her daughter Tessa practical instruction at the piano at her Cornish home Menabilly in 1944
Music cover, Pretend, Nat King ColeMusic cover, Pretend, by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Lavere, recorded by Nat King Cole. 1952
Interior, President Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USAInterior, The Round-the-World Room, The President Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. With a stage area for a band, tables and chairs, and stools round a well-stocked bar. Date: circa 1935
A musical interlude by Fortunino Matania18th century interior with a man playing a harpsichord while a woman accompanies him by singing. Date: 20th century
Blitz in London -- Lewisham High Street, WW2Blitz in London -- bomb damage near the Clock Tower in Lewisham High Street, SE13, 18 September 1940. Date: 1940
An Interlude, by Fortunino MataniaIn a shell damaged French chateau, tired Allied officers rest pensively, listening to a British officer playing a piano and a French officer singing Date: 1917
Piano Player - Brighton Beach, EnglandPiano Player on Brighton Beach, England. A lady singer stands in front of an upright piano piano (perched rather precariously on some boards on the shingle), belting out a popular hit of the day
Interior of the dining room at Borley RectoryPhotograph of the interior of the dining room at Borley Rectory, circa 1890. HPG/1/3/4 (i)
Girl with heart and flowers on a Valentine card, compliments of the Dominion Organ & Piano Co, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1890s
Ornate piano on a German greetings card -- the satirical verse hopes that the piano and its player will go to hell! Date: circa 1890s
Christmas card in the shape of a piano. circa 1890s