Plucked Collection

Wesley Saved from Fire
As a child, John Wesley is rescued from a fire in the family home. A brand plucked from burning... Date: EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Michaelmas Goose
You are invited to admire this dead goose before it is plucked and prepared for your Michaelmas feast

Algeria - African Gnawa Musician playing a traditional sintir, also known as the guembri, gimbri or hejhouj, a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute. Date: circa 1910s

Elderly Moroccan man playing a sintir, also known as the guembri, gimbri or hejhouj, is a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people

Comic postcard, Cockerel and hen Date: 20th century

FABLE / LION IN LOVE
THE LION IN LOVE He must agree to let his teeth be plucked out and his claws cut off. Date: circa 1870

Russia - Blind Gusli Player
Russia - A blind Gusli player. The Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument, belonging to the zither family, with roots in Veliky Novgorod, a city in western Russian

Madame Fillioux - Lyon, France - The Queen of Chickens
Madame Fillioux (1865-?) working at her sons (D. Frechin) establishment where she appears to specialise in the sale of wine, asparagus and chickens! 73, Rue Duquesne, Lyon, France

Plucked goose on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Vietnam - Musicians - Saigon
Vietnam - Musicians - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Two men with their Dan Tranh, a plucked Zither (similar to the Chinese guzheng, the Japanese koto)

A begging musician in Suez, Egypt
A begging street musician holding his traditional plucking instrument in Suez, Egypt Date: circa 1910

Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Caprices. Plaque 20. There they go plucked. Prado Museum. Madrid

Maxim Gorky, Russian Writer with a Gusli Player
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Maxim Gorky) (1868-1936), Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist

Spinet - this lovely example with its six-legged stand was made in London by Stephen Keene at the Sign of the Virginal on Threadneedle Street in the 17th century

The Empress Harpsichord - made for the Empress Marie Theresa. The strings are plucked by quills rather than struck by hammers

There they go, plucked. Plate 20 of Los Caprichos
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). There they go, plucked. Plate 20 of Los Caprichos, etching, burnished and drypoint

Askett Duck Farm
Picking shed, Askett Duck Farm, Aylesbury 1900 Date: 1900

Stock Exchange Notes (4 / 4) - Bond Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Bond Market - A loan on Turkey 1903

Vivid Varnish

Myht / Aesops Fables
THE LION IN LOVE " He must agree to let his teeth to be plucked out and his claws cut off." Date: 1912

Ice Facial Massage
This glamorous platinum blonde model demonstrates how to do a facial massage with a block of ice wrapped in a flannel. Date: early 1930s

Dawn Personified
DAWN (L Aurore, Den Daeghe Raet) personified as a lady re-entering her home from the garden, carrying a basket of freshly-plucked flowers

Dead Christmas Turkey
A dead turkey hanging upside down in the kitchen pantry, plucked and ready for Christmas. Other items on the shelves include Christmas pudding and sausages, etc

Blonde in a Hat 1940S
A blonde woman models a fashionable velvet hat with a wide brim

Butcher Serves Customer
A woman customer, holding a lorgnette up to her face, points to a plucked chicken that the butcher has picked up

Alphabet / Q for Quince
Q stands for the Quince I have plucked from the tree

Japan - the Samisen
A Japanese musician plays the SAMISEN, a stringed instrument like a guitar, plucked with the fingers or a plectrum

Roman Musical Trio
Three Romans make music - one playing the double-pipe or flute, another a lyre-like instrument plucked with a plectrum, the third may be a singer or simply a teacher

Hairstyle 1940S
A fashionable young woman puts her hair up in pin curls

Woman Soldier Smoking
A glamorous British soldier nonchalantly smokes her cigarette

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