Siegfried Collection

Siegfried by Aubrey Beardsley
The Song of the Nibelungs. Siegfried. Date: late 19th Century

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love
Siegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight

Siegfried Sassoon / Philpo
SIEGFRIED SASSOON English writer of poetry and prose

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) - An English poet, author and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Siegfried Goes Away
Prelude : Siegfried leaves Brunnhilde in search of adventure

Siegfried and Fafner
Siegfried confronts Fafner, who has taken on the shape of a dragon while he protects his hoard of treasure

Wagner / Schalk / Leipzig
RICHARD WAGNER German composer and his son, Siegfried, slay the Critic Dragon and gain the treasure it was guarding, in a parody of the Nibelungen story

WW2 - Laundry - It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line
WW2 humour - " Two British soldiers doing their laundry comment that " It ll soon be hanging on the Siegfried Line!". Date: circa 1944

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann as Prince Siegfried
Ballet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadlers Wells Ballet). Date: 1946

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn
Ballet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of Odette in the finale of Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House

German machine gun WWI
Machine gun post in a front line trench during the withdrawal to the Siegfried line on the Western Front during World War I Date: February 1917

Festival of Britain - View from River with Skylon
Festival of Britain - View of the South Bank site seen from over the River Thames, with Skylon, Shot Tower and Royal Festival Hall all visible

Siegfried Forges Notung
Instructed by Mime, Siegfried forges the magic sword Notung with which he will slay the dragon Fafner

Ww2 / 1940S / Siegfried Line
A song during the Second World War; " (We re gonna hang out) The Washing on The Siegfried Line" Date: 1940s

Brunnhilde Awakens
Act three : Brunnhilde awakens

Siegfried Kills Fafner
Act two : armed with the magic sword Notung, Siegfried kills Fafner, who has taken on the form of a dragon

Fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift
A fragment from the Nibelungenhandschrift, describing the betrayal by Sigfrid (Siegfried) of his love. Date: 14th century

Not the kind he was used to. The new Siegfried (on catching sight of the new kind of dragon): "I'm off back to Germany." Date: 1916

We're Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing On The Siegfried Line, by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr

The Victory Parade Selection
An illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Victory Parade Selection, comprising of songs including When The Guards Are marching On Parade, Were Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line

Music cover, The Peter Maurice Popular Song Album
Music cover, Army Chorus, The Peter Maurice Popular Song Album No. 8. Date: 1939

Nibelungenlied. Kriemhild requiring the proof of the coffin
Nibelungenlied. Anonymous epic poem. 13th century. Scene depicting Kriemhild requiring the proof of the coffin. Engraving by A. Closs. Germania, 1882. Colored

BRUNNHILDE'S DEATHBED
The devouring flames curl round the body of Brunnhilde as she lies on her funeral pyre, driven to death by despair at the death of her lover, Siegfried

SIEGFIED IN THE FOREST
Act one : observing the creatures of the forest, Siegfried learns the facts of life and death

WOTAN ENCIRCLES ROCK
Act Three : Loge encircles the rock on which Brunnhilde is sleeping with a protective fire which only a true hero can penetrate (Siegfried will manage it, of course)

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Herr Max Alvary as Siegfried in Wagners opera Date: 1890s

Douglas a-26 Invaders, railway track, Siegfried Line
Vintage World War II photograph - official US military photo: Douglas a-26 Invader bombers dropping their munitions on a railway track, Siegfried Line

World War II Belgian German border, Battle for Aachen
World War II vintage photograph - Siegfried line, Belgian German border, troops moving up towards Battle for Aachen

Conductors and guest artists, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The conductors and guest artists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Siegfried Wagner (1869 - 1930) Son of Richard Wagner at Bayreuth in 1892

Richards Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composers widow Cosima and son Siegfried sell potions of his operas in their grocers shop

SIEGFRIED WAGNER / TOSCANI
SIEGFRIED WAGNER Son of Richard Wagner, director of Bayreuth - seen here with ARTURO TOSCANINI (left), Italian conductor Date: 1869 - 1930

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 5 / 1870
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1870, serenading his wife and baby in their own home with his Siegfried Idyll Date: 1813 - 1883

Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1
A crashed British single-seat fighter plane with a dead airman lying on the ground beside it, on the Siegfried Line in northern France during the First World War. Date: May-August 1917

Siegfried Wagner Family
SIEGFRIED WAGNER German musician, son of Richard W. with his family at Bayreuth

Siegfried slaying the great dragon Fafner
Act two : armed with the magic sword Notung, Siegfried kills Fafner, who has taken on the form of a dragon. Scene from Wagners Siegfried. Date: 1903

Richard Wagner. Siegfried
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). German composer of Romanticism. Skech of the dragon Fafner for the opera Siegried. Paris Opera. 1902

Siegfried Wagner
SIEGFRIED WAGNER German musician, son of Richard W. Date: 1869 - 1930

The Islanders sculpture, Festival of Britain, London
View of a colossal sculpture by the Austrian sculptor, Siegfried Charoux, entitled The Islanders, on the facade of the Sea and Ships Pavilion at the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank

The Islanders, a huge relief sculpture by Siegfried Charoux, representing the struggle and resilience of the British people, especially during World War Two

Siegfried Wagner / Pieperh
SIEGFRIED WAGNER Son of Richard Wagner, a composer in his own right, and director of Bayreuth

Ruins of the Bock Caste - Luxembourg
The Bock (Luxembourgish: Bockfiels) - a rocky promontory in the north-eastern corner of Luxembourg Citys old historical district

Siegfrieds Farewell
Prelude : Siegfried leaves Brunnhilde in search of adventure

Siegfried and Notung
Act one : Siegfried wields Notung, the magic sword which he has just re-fashioned with the help of Mime, and with which he will slay the dragon Fafner

Bernard Siegfried Albinus
BERNARD SIEGFRIED ALBINUS German anatomist 1697-1770

ALBINUS (1697-1770)
BERNHARD SIEGFRIED ALBINUS German medical, anatomist Date: 1697-1770

Contour map of Western Front by G. H. Davis
The Western Front: a contour map showing the area of the general Allied offensive at this stage of the Second World War

Theatre of war on Western Front by G. H. Davis
The theatre of war on the Western Front at the start of the Second World War: the region of the Maginot and Siegfried Lines

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