Banjo Collection

Advert for Wrights coal tar soap, 1914. A print from the Illustrated London News, 13th June 1914

The Dancing Lesson, 1878. Creator: Thomas Eakins
The Dancing Lesson, 1878

The Banjo Player, 1895. Creator: Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947)
The Banjo Player, 1895. Found in the Collection of Muse e d Orsay, Paris

The Coloured Opera Troupe at the Oxford Street Gallery, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Coloured Opera Troupe at the Oxford Street Gallery, 1858. Black entertainers in London. Eight minstrels, with "features of jet"...combine musically, vocally and instrumentally

Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Philadelphia, by our special artists, 1876. The Office of the Servants in a large Hotel - Artistic Admiration for an Artist; Old Beggar Woman; "The best Dinner in the City for 25

Le Marchand d'habits, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Marchand d'habits, 1842. The clothes seller. Habits a vendre! avez vous des chapeaux, des souliers, des vieux habits a vendre

Servants office in an American hotel; [Mount Vernon Hotel, Baltimore, MD], 1882. Creator: Unknown
Servants office in an American hotel; [Mount Vernon Hotel, Baltimore, MD], 1882

The breakdown, c1850-c1995. Creator: Unknown
The breakdown, c1850-c1995

Man seated with banjo next to woman at stairs, 1903. Creator: Camera Club
Man seated with banjo next to woman at stairs, 1903

Rag time, 1899. Creator: Jay Campbell Phillips
Rag time, 1899

In Dixie land, 1899. Creator: Jay Campbell Phillips
In Dixie land, 1899

Selecting a banjo; [Richmond, Virginia], 1882. Creator: Unknown
Selecting a banjo; [Richmond, Virginia], 1882

"Miss Apperson" playing banjo...Sen. George Hearst's residence, Washington, D.C. 1895
"Miss Apperson" playing banjo beside statue of "Flora" in niche of Sen. George Hearst's residence, Washington, D.C. 1895

Plantation Banjo, c. 1937. Creator: Floyd R. Sharp
Plantation Banjo, c. 1937

Banjo, c. 1937. Creator: Alf Bruseth
Banjo, c. 1937

Happy Hours in Camp G and B&M Engineers Corps and Visitors, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Happy Hours in Camp G and B&M Engineers Corps and Visitors, 1889. Small group of men and women and two deer in front of a tent. Some of the men are playing musical instruments

Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. ca. 1898 - 11 students in uniform playing guitars... 1899 or 1900
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. ca. 1898 - 11 students in uniform playing guitars, banjos, mandolins, and cello, 1899 or 1900

Old Virginia Home, 1864. Creator: David Gilmour Blythe
Old Virginia Home, 1864. An African American man walks a way from a burning plantation, the ball and chain round his ankle have been broken

Banjo created for Charles P. Stinson, late19th centruy. Creator: John H. Buckbee
Charles P. Stinsons minstrel credits include working with Callinders Georgia Minstrels, the Worlds Minstrels, and Harvey and Frohmans Minstrel Companies as a banjo player, actor, and drum major

Gourd head banjo, ca. 1859. Creator: Unknown
This gourd banjo illustrates an earlier style of banjo played by African Americans who used local sources to create their instruments

Horace Westons World Renowned Banjo Music, 1883. Creator: Unknown
Printed sheet music for " Seek No Further March" by African-American musician Horace Weston. The three page folio has a cover featuring an illustrated portrait of Weston standing with his

Banjo made in the style of William Esperance Boucher, Jr. ca. 1850s. Creator: Unknown
Banjo made in the style of William Esperance Boucher, Jr. (circa 1850s). The banjo has a circular head, with a tension head pulled tight across the front

Study for "Negro Boy Dancing": The Banjo Player, probably 1877
Study for " Negro Boy Dancing" : The Banjo Player, probably 1877

A Pastoral Visit, 1881. Creator: Richard Norris Brooke
A Pastoral Visit, 1881

Banjo, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888. 1888
Banjo, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Musical Mokes, 1860s. Creator: J. Wood
Musical Mokes, 1860s

Tony Pitt, The Under Ground, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Tony Pitt, The Under Ground, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2014

John Crampton, Crawley Blues Festival, Hawth Crawley, East Sussex, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
John Crampton, Crawley Blues Festival, Hawth Crawley, East Sussex, 2014

Low Water In The Mississippi, pub. 1868, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Gentleman in white tie and gentleman in bowler hat try out dancing to jazz…
Gentleman in white tie and gentleman in bowler hat try out dancing to jazz, as performed by two musicians playing saxophone and banjo, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

Gentleman in white tie and tails dancing while two musicians play saxophone and banjo, from White Bottoms pub. 1927, (colour block print)

The Banjo Lesson, 1893, (1946). Artist: Mary Cassatt
The Banjo Lesson, 1893, (1946). From The Etchings of the French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries, by Edward T. Chase. [The Hyperion Press, Paris, 1946]

King Alfred in the Danish Camp, c1884. Artist: Thomas Strong Seccombe
King Alfred in the Danish Camp, c1884. Alfred was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871-899 AD. Here, Alfred, in disguise, sings in the camp of Guthrum the Danish king

Geisha girls, Japan, early 20th century(?)
Geisha girls, Japan. A group of geishas in traditional costume, two of them playing the shamisen, a form of banjo

The Horse Car at Wimbledon, 1872. Horse-drawn public transport on rails. A print from The Graphic, (13 July 1872). Hand-coloured later

Odalisque Couchee, c1815-1865. Artist: Eugene Deveria
Odalisque Couchee, c1815-1865

The Old Plantation, 1800. Plantation slaves dancing in front of their wooden cabins accompanied by banjo and drum. From the collection of the Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, USA

A Voice from the Spirit-Woolsack, 1865. Two men riding on a flying banjo. Flying with them is a violin, a tambourine, accordion, a bell, and trumpet. A hand appears holding the letter A

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