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A Dachshund choir has a dress rehearsalDress Rehearsal - A Dachshund choir is put through its paces... Date: 1911
A blackbird sings whilst perched on a branch 2011
Lis / Fat Lady SingsIt isn t over.. til the fat lady sings. A female singer sings a song
Bunny and ChildA bunny dances with a child in a bunny costume, while coloured eggs lie on the grass and a robin sings on the bare branches of a silver birch
Alice / Hatter SingsThe Hatter sings
Persian musiciansThree seated Persian musicians, playing a hand drum, what looks like a daf and a kamanche. A tonbak, or goblet drum, lies discarded on the ground. Date: 1870s
Saturday Night at SeaSaturday night at sea - the seamen, off duty, listen as one of their number sings a stirring sea-shanty
Street music: a family of singersA pathetic scene: an impoverished family of street singers, shoeless and ragged, singing in the rain. Date: 1870
SIREN SONGThe Siren sings her song, luring sailors to destruction
Mr Albert Chevaliers RecitalsThis postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs
A lady sings to an audience for a charitable cause. Date: 1933
Silhouette - Postcard DesignRomantic scene. Formally dressed young couple in their drawing room. The lady sings, whilst the gentleman accompanies her on a grand piano. Date: 1920s
A jackdaw sings on the back of a ram. A shepherd and a boy run toward them, as other rams lie in the grass near a rock. Jackdaw and ram. Illustration of Aesop's fable the sheep and the crow
Elisabeth Welch sings Charleston in Runnin Wild at the Colonial Theatre (New York). Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933
Elisabeth Welch sings to Griffith Jones & Ann Dvorak in the film This Was Paris. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933
Nightingale Date: circa 1910s
Robin singing in the woods Date: circa 1910s
Louis Wain Cat - It's a Long Way to TipperaryA patriotic feline, bedecked in the Union flag striding off to war singing It's a long way to Tipperary'. Date: circa 1916
ArielThis painting depicts Ariel, the spirit character from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Music cover, The Coffee Song, Frank SinatraMusic cover, The Coffee Song (They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil), by Bob Hilliard and Dick Miles, sung by Frank Sinatra Date: 1946
Music cover, Going My Way, Bing CrosbyMusic cover, Going My Way, words by Johnny Burke, music by Jimmy Van Heusen, sung by Bing Crosby in the Paramount film Going My Way Date: 1944
Music cover, When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby, by Larry Yoell and Glenn Brown, featured and broadcast by by Jack White and his Collegians. Date: 1938
Protesters at the South African embassyDemonstrators from Lawyers Against Apartheid picketing outside the South African embassy in Trafalgar Square to protest against sixteen years of martial law in Namibia
VICAR WAKEFIELD/RACKHAMBill sings the Elegy on the death of a mad dog, accompanied by the guitar. Date: First published: 1766
OFFENBACH/HOFFMANN/TAICH(The Tales of Hoffmann) The evil Dr Miracle encourages Antonia to sing though it is bad for her health : unable to resist him, she sings till she dies exhausted. Date: first performed 1881
MEISTERSINGER LIEBIG 2First act : Walther sings his song but it is not well received by the judges Date: first performed 1868
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a lovers on a sofaSkeleton of death aiming a dart at a man and woman flirting on a sofa. Death and the Lovers
THE THREE ROBESBlauvor and Lanfor on the island. One plays the harp, the other sings. A stranger approaches... (An Irish tale)
SINGER ON STAGE / 1911A lady wearing a yellow dress sings on stage in a French music hall. Date: 1911
Marriageable manThe Marriageable Man - one daughter sings, another sighs, while their mother hovers over her prey to make sure this eligible suitor is firmly hooked to one or the other Date: 1842
Street harpist and singers 1842Two street singers - one sings, his accompanist plays the harp Date: 1842
Organ GrinderLondon characters: the ORGAN GRINDER and his monkey come from Italy, and the songs he sings in our fog-grey streets are warm with nostalgia for their sunny homeland. Date: circa 1870
New Orleans. French Quarter. Spanish Street Name Tile MuralsNew Orleans. French Quarter. When New Orleans was Capital of the Spanish Province of Luisiana 1762-1803. Spanish Street Name Tile Murals. Maine Street. State of Louisiana. USA
The nursery rhyme, Little Tommy TuckerLittle Tommy Tucker sings for this supper; what shall we give him? White bread and butter. How will he cut it without eer a knife? How can he marry without eer a wife? Date: c. 1930
Tetouan - Street Beggar" One can admire the stubborn insistence of the Maghreb" - a pleading Tetouan street beggar holding out his bowl and asking for alms. Date: 1930s
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
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wetBlack Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904
German bard sings in medieval hallA German bard plays his harp in a smokey medieval hall. Date: Medieval
Royal wedding 1893 - celebrations at InvernessA large crowd of loyal citizens sing God Save the Queen in celebration of the marriage of George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) to Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York)
At the Christmas service by Charles RobinsonScene showing children singing At the Christmas Service. This image has a strange cartoon like style which differs from the other illustrations. Date: 1906
Albert Chevalier (21 March 1861 10 July 1923) was an English, music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor
Nursery Rhymes - Stranger singsStranger sings - Man in formal clothes standing and singing. Part of Box 52 Boswell collection. Nursery Rhymes. Date: circa 1890s
Spain. Altar server singing. Essay. Engraving, 1886. ColoredSpain. Altar server singing. Essay. Engraving by Perez. Painting by Arcadio Mas y Fondevilla. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana. 1886. Colored
Paris Salon D autoA smooth salesman sings the praises of his companys new model at the Salon d Auto, Paris. Date: 1933
St Cecilia / Fry / MignardSAINT CECILIA Roman saint and martyr, patron saint of musicians, playing a harp while a cherub sings from a score Date: 2nd - 3rd century
FREE & EASY EDINBURGHA man sings very heartily as everyone sits listening attentively, at an Edinburgh working mens Free and easy. Date: 1883
Cherub with envelope on a greetings cardCherub with his head through an envelope on a greetings card. circa 1890s
The opera TannhauserThe troubadour Tannhauser sings to Venus the goddess of beauty, of the ecsatsy of love. Artist: Alan Wright Date: 1912
Hazel Hen / Hazel Grouse - adult male sings defending his breeding territory (Tetrastes bonasia)
Traditional carol singersA group of Victorian carollers stand outside a large house at Christmas singing carols. Date: circa 1906
Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Oh What a Beautiful MorningOh What a Beautiful Morning! A young girl joins a songbird in a refrain, maintaining an entirely positive mood in a time of war Date: circa 1942
Fishermen - A Happy CornerA Happy Old Salt playing the accordion to a young child, whilst a younger sailor sits with a model sailing ship. Another fisherman and his wife and an elderly nanny complete the scene
Silhouette of birds singing on branch Date: c. 1930
ROUGET DE LISLE, Claude-Joseph (1760-1836). Composer" ROUGET DE LISLE, Claude-Joseph (1760-1836). Composer of French national anthem " La Marseillaise". French Revolution
Music at home: Family at the pianoA lady plays the piano, while two children sing. Date: 1878
George Kleine presents the Cines photo drama Quo Vadis Nero sings while Rome burns. Motion picture poster for Quo Vadis showing Nero playing lyre while citizens of Rome flee the fire. Date c1913
Street music: a ballad singer, 1865A ragged ballad singer sings on a street corner. Ladies in crinolines hurry past him, but three ragged children show interest. Date: 1865
Street music: A street singer, 1857A passing child shows charity to an old street singer, placing money in his hat in appreciation for his music. Date: 1857
Street music: a ballad singerThe ballad singer. " He is your only performer that requires not many entreaties for a song; for he will chant, without asking, to a street cur or a parish post."
Street music: orphan ballad singersOrphan ballad singers perform in a street. An audience of children listen, whilst a woman seated on a bench looks thoughtful
Street music: Paris balladeerTwo fashionably dressed young women laugh at a ballad singer as he sings in a Paris street. Perhaps he is singing a comic song. Date: 1912
Blind Hannah Brentford, 1827Hannah Brentford, blind musician of Bunhill-row, shown here aged 24 giving a street performance of hymns, accompanied by her violin
Music at home, 17th centuryMusic at home: a lady plays the harpsichord whilst a gentleman sings. Another lady looks on, and is served by a page
The village glee singers. Two men enjoy a good sing, whilst a third has a nap at the table. Date: 18th century
Music at home, 1883A lady plays the piano by candlelight, whilst a portly gentleman with a monocle sings along. 1883
Music at home - As the old sing, so the young pipeA wealthy family group make music together-an old lady in spectacles sings from her large woven chair, a woman holds a child playing a flute
Music at home, 1906A young lady sporting a straw boater sings, whilst a serious-looking senior chap accompanies on the piano. 1906
American Scouts around a camp fireA group of eight American Boy Scouts sit around a camp fire next to their tent at night. They stare intently at one of their group as he raises his arms speaking or singing. circa 1950s
Male Hippy on StageHIPPIES A male hippy, wearing little more than a full length floral coat, beads and facial paint, sings on stage at the Love-In at Woburn Park, England. Date: August 1967
Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1936Front cover illustration featuring two female choristers, singing Christmas carols without even having to look at the words
Minstrels sing stories of heroesMinstrels sang of the famous deeds of heroes. A medieval minstrel with a celtic harp sings stories to a rapt audience of men, women and children
At the ConservatoireA student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France
Black Algerian MusicianA grinning Black Algerian Musician standing in front of a brick wall and singing a song entitled " O, Madame Bono"
A male quartetFour men link arms and sing to their hearts content. They are all smartly dressed in waistcoats and jackets, and wear tricorne hats
A Priest sings at the end of massA priest sings Domine, Salvam fac Rempublicam, the response which can be used at the end of Mass, expressing the prayer of blessing for the Church and State
A Sudanese Musician and a Dervish, MoroccoA Sudanese Musician in full flight and a (possibly a Rifai) Turkish Dervish - both (rather oddly) in Morocco
American Girl SingingAn American girl accompanies herself at the piano as she sings Oh, promise me !
Singer and FiddlerA young girl sings while her grandfather fiddles
French Street TradersA man pulls a water cart, a minstrel sings along to his hand-cranked music box and a lady sits mending socks, on a street with a dentist, upholsterer and oyster shop
Girls Give Doll Concert
Carol SingerChrist is born in Bethlehem - a girl sings beneath a wintry bough
Bruant by LautrecAristide Bruant sings at the Mirliton, Paris, every evening - and the beer is only 13 sous
USA Memorial ServiceRevivalist Ira Sankey sings to an immense congregation at the memorial service to fellow revivalist Charles Haddon Spurgeon