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Whistling Collection

Background imageWhistling Collection: Fleet Prison / Cruikshank

Fleet Prison / Cruikshank
Fleet Prison was notable as a debtors prison after the 17th century until it was demolished in 1845-46, having been rebuilt 3 times in 1381, 1666 and 1780

Background imageWhistling Collection: The Conscientious Exhilarator, by Bairnsfather

The Conscientious Exhilarator, by Bairnsfather
The Conscientious Exhilarator " Every encouragement should be given for singing and whistling" - (Extract from a Military Manual ) That painstaking fellow, Lieut

Background imageWhistling Collection: Music cover, Whistling Rufus, by Kerry Mills

Music cover, Whistling Rufus, by Kerry Mills
Music cover, Whistling Rufus, a characteristic march which can be used effectively as a two step, polka or cake walk, ragtime music by Kerry Mills Date: 1899

Background imageWhistling Collection: Illustrations

Illustrations
Two simple illustrations showing a friar whistling a melody to a bird. Date: circa 1922

Background imageWhistling Collection: Eton Boy in Street 1950S

Eton Boy in Street 1950S
An Eton schoolboy going nonchalantly into town. Date: 1950s

Background imageWhistling Collection: The Broken Wing by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard

The Broken Wing by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. First produced in England at the Duke of Yorks Theatre on 15th August 1922

Background imageWhistling Collection: Music cover, The Old Kitchen Kettle Keeps Singing a Song

Music cover, The Old Kitchen Kettle Keeps Singing a Song! By Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. 1932

Background imageWhistling Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Bab y Calf whistling

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Bab y Calf whistling to its mother immediately after birth (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Background imageWhistling Collection: Acacia Ants - Whistling Thorn and Stinging Ants

Acacia Ants - Whistling Thorn and Stinging Ants, on Acacia Gall Plant (Acacia drepanolobiun)

Background imageWhistling Collection: Suffragette Male Suffragist Bravo

Suffragette Male Suffragist Bravo. A man carrying a large votes for women petition is praised for his support for the cause. Entitled, Male Suffragist

Background imageWhistling Collection: Bonzos bath night by George Studdy

Bonzos bath night by George Studdy
Bonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Background imageWhistling Collection: Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)

Tippoo Tib (1837-1905)
Photograph of Tippoo Tib, then Chief of the Manyema, c.1887. His real name was Hamid ibn Mohammed and he was an African-Arab adventurer and warrior, who controlled a large section of Central Africa

Background imageWhistling Collection: Whistling Party Girl

Whistling Party Girl
Teenage girl at a house party looking like shes trying to whistle. Date: mid 1960s

Background imageWhistling Collection: Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens

Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens
The bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris - Henri Pol. Date: circa 1908

Background imageWhistling Collection: Dunderpate goes up the stairs to bed

Dunderpate goes up the stairs to bed with a candle in his hand, whistling happily. Date: 1938

Background imageWhistling Collection: Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris

Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris
The bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris - Henri Pol

Background imageWhistling Collection: Its a Long Way to Tipperary - WWI

Its a Long Way to Tipperary - WWI
Its a Long Way to Tipperary - but we ll be back there soon. A postcard full of hope at the beginning of World War One as a group of jolly Britsih soldiers head off to the Western Front.~Postcard by

Background imageWhistling Collection: Impertinent Office Boy

Impertinent Office Boy
Truthful office boy, when discouraged from whistling while he works, defends himself by owning up to having only been whistling - not working

Background imageWhistling Collection: Red-Tailed Monkey Bewick

Red-Tailed Monkey Bewick
Simia oedipus (!) A lively, beautiful little animal who lives on the banks of the Amazon and is notable for its long silvery hair and its soft whistling voice


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