Trumpet Collection

Man with Ear Trumpet C18
Man with ear trumpet. (James Hutton, founder of the Moravian Church in Britain)

Various musical instruments

Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1910s

Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico (1387-1455). Tuscan painter of early Renaissance, part of the Florentine school. The Coronation of the Virgin. 15th Century. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Horn-bearing datura, Datura cornigera Angel s
Horn-bearing datura, Datura cornigera. Angels trumpet, Brugmansia arborea.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss

Crimean War. The Balaklava Banquet, Survivors of the Light C
Portrait engraving of the suvivors of the Charge of the Light Brigade: Major General de Salis, 8th Hussars; Lieut. Colonel Mussenden, 8th Hussars; Colonel Seager, 8th Hussars; EH Woodham

Chinese ti-tzu, so-na, yueh-ch in, la-pa and Japanese hiji-riki.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Prince Rupert at Oxford
Prince Rupert and his troops march confidently through Oxford

Recruitment poster, The Royal Marines -- Thats the life! 20th century

The Dixieland Jazz Band, c. 1919 Date: c.1919

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

Kitten Trumpeter
A mischievous black and white kitten playing a trumpet!

Cornet on its Own
The CORNET-A-PISTONS - usually known simply as the Cornet, has a tube half the length of the trumpet, and consequently plays an octave higher

Trumpet (Wurlitzer)
Wurlitzer trumpet outfit

London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks

Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Louis Armstrong
Music cover, Hello, Dolly! Words and music by Jerry Herman, recorded by Louis Armstrong. 1963

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - trumpeter. circa 1910s

Book of Revelation or The Apocalypse. Book of New Testament. Miniature. 15th century. The fifth Angel playing trumpet. Chateau of Chatilly. France

Falcon stagecoach at Wadebridge, Cornwall
Falcon stagecoach with passengers, and crew in historical costume, on the road at Wadebridge, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980

The trumpet calls. Poster shows an Australian soldier blowing a trumpet with other soldiers, in a fox hole(?) with guns, are at his feet

Water trumpet, Cryptocoryne spiralis (Spiral-flowered arum, Arum spirale). Handcoloured copperplate engraving for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1822

Medieval frolics: wine, women and song
An alfresco medieval social gathering, with mixed bathing and music making. Date: c.1430

Dog Playing a Trumpet
A dog playing a trumpet, reading sheet music from a stand! Date: early 1930s

1920S Jazz Band
Experienced players in a West End (of London) workshop, who daily repair instruments belonging to famous bandsmen, have formed a band, thoroughly testing all the instruments! Date: 1920s

Musical cats with flowers on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Snipe or trumpet fish, Macroramphosus scolopax, and Grooved razorfish, Centriscus scutatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Trumpet
Blowing his own trumpet. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860

May Day Parade in Moscow
A group of children taking part in the May Day Parade in Moscow 1929

Trumpet Call Ends Wwi
Zebrowski sounds the trumpet call for the Germans to stop fighting

Natural Trumpet on Own
The NATURAL TRUMPET is only half the length of the Horn, consequently its pitch is an octave higher : it is bent in quite a different way

Bathing Child 1852
A mother bathes her two children: the elder, a toddler, sits drying on a table, while baby stands in the bath tub

Comic postcard, People in a charabanc for Coronation
Comic postcard, People in a charabanc, going to the Coronation Date: 20th century

Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct. (Datura sanguinea). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorum
Jerusalem cherry or Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorum (Star capsicum, Solanum capsicastrum). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite

The arch of Laodicea in Syria, near Latakia
View of the ruins of the hexagonal court in the Heliopolis, Temple of Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Mistakenly labeled Arco di Laodicea

Toy Theatre, Pollocks New Stage Orchestra. 19th century

Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct in the wild. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Violet trumpet vine, Bignonia callistegioides (Painted bignonia, Bignonia picta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

Royal Horse Guards Victorian period Date: 19th century

Court Whist playing cards scorecard, royal fanfare trumpets draped in flags of four suits

Gunbai and Horagai - Japan
Two Horagai, traditional Japanese conch shell trumpets flanked by three gunbai (gunbai-uchiwa) once held by military leaders (such as daimyo) and priests in the past

Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810, by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. Allegory of the Villa of Madrid, 1810. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

First Partition of Poland
Partitions of Poland. The First Partition of Poland. It was decided on August 5, 1772. The agreement was signed in Vienna in February 1772

On The Road To Callao
A painting entitled, On The Road To Callao, Where The Trumpet Fishes Blow, which shows a shoal of red fish in the ocean. Date: circa 1915

Historical Musical Instruments, Inventions Exhibition
Various historical musical instruments displayed at the International Inventions Exhibition, a world fair held in 1885 in South Kensington, London

War Memorial, Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce Date: 1923

Cover design, Progress, January 1927 - Lever Brothers magazine, cherub on horseback heralding the New Year Date: 1927

Music cover, The Music Goes Round and Around, words by Red Hodgson, music by Edward Farley and Michael Riley, featured and broadcast by the BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall. Date: 1935

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