Pieces Collection (page 7)

Bits and Pieces
A drawing by Beauchamp satirising the changing female fashions of 1928

Finds from Hissarlik
Some of the finds from Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at the site of Ancient Troy at Hissarlik. These include hair-pins and an ivory arrowhead

Schubert / Standchen
Standchen (Serenade)

Chopin Nocturne No 4
The F major Nocturne no 4, interpreted by his friend Georges Sand

Handels Largo
An artists impression inspired by the celebrated Largo from his opera Serse

Chopin Prelude 4
Prelude number 4, largo

Chopin Prelude 29
Prelude number 29, allegro apassionato

Chopin Prelude 10
Prelude number 10, molto allegro

Nollet and Gold Leaf
Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrates how an electrical charge can be passed from one person to another, enabling the second to attract pieces of gold leaf

Petit-Gris Cloak 1922
A cape with a large tubular stand collar made using rectangular pieces of petit- gris (a type of squirrel) fur & fastened with a silk cord with tassel ends

Frenchwoman 1580S
High ruff, slashed sleeves with shoulder-pieces, characterise the gown of this lady of the reign of Henri III

Judas Repents in Temple
Judas said, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood, and they said, what is that to us? See thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver

Japanese Paper Prayers
At Ishiyama-dera, Japan, people write prayers on pieces of paper which they attach to the black rocks, following the example of two legendary lovers

Cabinet Maker 1827
Cabinet maker in the act of making a looking-glass frame; he is putting some glue on one of the side pieces to fix it to the hole prepared for it

Glass Polishers
Glass polishers putting the finishing touches to various pieces of glassware

Pentheus and Dionysos
Pentheus, king of Thebes, opposes the orgiastic cult of Dionysos/Bacchus, but he is torn to pieces by the gods wild followers, the Bacchantes

Wwi / Russian Prisoners
Russian prisoners are forced to transport their own artillery pieces, both having been captured by the Germans

FRENCH BARREL GAME
Le Tonneau (barrel) players aim to get their pieces through the hole(s)

Schubert / Mass No 1 in F
Erste Messe (F dur) (First Mass, in F major)

Wagners Siegfried Idyll
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1870, serenading his wife and baby in their own home with his Siegfried Idyll

LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT - with characters created by Cocteau and a decor by Dufy

Spring Song (Zewy) 1904
Two girls sing the Fruhlingslied (Spring Song) from his Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs without words) even though it is wordless - maybe someone has added some

Maud Allan Spring Song
The Fruhlingslied (Spring Song) from his Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs without words) is interpreted by dancer Maud Allan (famous for her rendering of Wildes Salome)

CHABRIERs ESPANA
Emmanuel Chabriers popular rhapsody Espana transcribed for solo piano by Waldteufel

Palace Concert Programme
Programme of a concert at Buckingham Palace featuring music by Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Gounod, Boito, Gluck, Jules Cohen, Benedict and Meyerbeer

Norman Events 16 of 16
BATTLE OF HASTINGS The English army is cut to pieces

Woodworking 18th C
Cabinet makers at work in a workshop, using various tools. One is making a table, another assembles pieces of a cupboard

Judas Rejects the Silver
Judas regrets that he betrayed Jesus : he rejects the thirty pieces of silver paid him by the High Priests, and goes into the fields and hangs himself

Easy Piano Pieces
Je joue pour maman (= I play for mama) - collection of very easy pieces : this is the valse

Judas Repents
he throws down the 30 pieces of silver which were paid him as a reward for betraying Jesus

Furniture / Various C13
Various pieces of furniture

Chess Game Duboy 18C
A smartly-dressed young man studies the pieces on a chessboard

Thalberg / Charity / 1 of 2
A poor family give each other simple presents at Christmas - pieces of fruit and biscuits Picture 1 of 2

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