Fiddle Collection (page 8)

Matt Holborn, Birley Centre, Eastbourne, East Sussex, September 2015. Artist: Brian O Connor
Matt Holborn, Birley Centre, Eastbourne, East Sussex, September 2015

Thomas Gould and Louisa Jones, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, August 2015

Thomas Gould, Watermill J. C. Dorking Surrey, August 2015. Artist: Brian O Connor
Gould Thomas Watermill J. C. Dorking Surrey, August 2015

Thomas Gould, Watermill Jaz Club, Dorking, Surrey, August 2015. Artist: Brian O Connor
Thomas Gould, Watermill Jaz Club, Dorking, Surrey, August 2015

Thomas Gould, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, August 2015. Artist: Brian O Connor
Thomas Gould, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, August 2015

Ewan Bleach, D O Brien, T Gould, JM Fagon and LJones, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2015
Ewan Bleach, Dave O Brien, Thomas Gould, Jean-Marie Fagon and Louisa Jones, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, August 2015

Steve Simpson, Studio, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Steve Simpson, Studio, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, 2014

Ben Sarfas, The Under Ground, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2015. Artist: Brian O Connor
Ben Sarfas, The Under Ground, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2015

Chris Garrick, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Chris Garrick, Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, Surrey, 2014

Ellen Blair, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex, 2014. Artist: Brian O Connor
Ellen Blair, Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, East Sussex, 2014

Stephane Grappelli, Barbican, London, 1987. Artist: Brian O Connor
Stephane Grappelli, Barbican, London, 1987

Stephane Grappelli, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, 1973. Artist: Brian O Connor
Stephane Grappelli, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, 1973

Regina Carter, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1999. Artist: Brian O Connor
Regina Carter, American jazz violinist, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1999

Stephane Grappelli, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1973. Artist: Brian O Connor
Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1973. Grappelli founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934

Jazz violinist Christian Garrick playing at The Stables, Wavendon, Buckinghamshire

The Mid Herts Youth Orchestra playing at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, July 1986

Stephane Grappelli and Claude Fiddler Williams at the Forum Theatre, Hertfordshire, 1980
Stephane Grappelli meets Claude Fiddler Williams in the green room backstage at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 25 April 1980. Williams worked with Andy Kirk and Count Basie

Christian Garrick playing the violin at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 2000
Christian Garrick playing the violin at The Fairway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, 23 July 2000.The son of pianist and composer Michael Garrick

French Liberty - British Slavery, 1892
French Liberty - British Slavery, pub. 1892 (hand coloured engraving)

Omar Puente, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2009. Artist: Brian O Connor
Omar Puente, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2009

Roby Lakatos, Ronnie Scotts, London, 2000s. Artist: Brian O Connor
Roby Lakatos, Ronnie Scott s, London, 2000

Roby Lakatos, Ronnie Scotts, London, 2006. Artist: Brian O Connor
Roby Lakatos, Ronnie Scott s, London, 2006

Dizzy Gillespie playing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1985
Dizzy Gillespie playing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1 November 1985. The conductor is Robert Farnon and Martin Drew is on drums

Regina Carter, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, October, 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Regina Carter, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, October, 2000

The Old Musician, 1862. Artist: Edouard Manet
The Old Musician, 1862. The painting is part of the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Nautch girl with musicians, 1902. Artist: Kapp & Co
Nautch girl with musicians, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Burmese musicians, 1902. Artist: P Klier
Burmese musicians, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Bedouin musician and his audience, 1902
A Bedouin Musician and his Audience, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co. London, 1902]

In the mansion of Robert W Barnwell at Beaufort, North Carolina, c1860, (1938). In the mansion of Robert W Barnwell at Beaufort, North Carolina

Yuletide Music by the Town Band, 1910. Printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]

Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
Chairing the Members, Plate IV from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

The Coronation of the Virgin, 1374. Artist: Barnaba da Modena
The Coronation of the Virgin, 1374. Painting held at The National Gallery, London. From The Connoisseur Volume 101. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1938]

Lucy de Laszlo, the artist?s wife, 1919. Artist: Philip A de Laszlo
Lucy de Laszlo, the artist?s wife, 1919. Lucy de Laszlo nee Guinness, member of the banking branch of the Guinness family and a sister of Henry Guinness. From The Studio Volume 80

The Fiddler, Study for Central Group in the Wayside Wedding, c1923. Artist: William Newenham Montague Orpen
The Fiddler, Study for Central Group in the Wayside Wedding, c1923. From The Studio Volume 86. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

The Clown. Mural Decoration in Boulestins Restaurant, London, c1927. Artist: Jean-Emile Laboureur
The Clown. Mural Decoration in Boulestins Restaurant, London, c1927. Xavier Marcel Boulestin (1878?1943), opened Restaurant Boulestin on Southampton Street, Covent Garden in 1927

Detail of Mural Decoration in a Concert-Room in a Private House, c1927. Artist: Alexandre Jacovleff
Detail of Mural Decoration in a Concert-Room in a Private House, c1927. From The Studio Volume 94 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1927]

Musical Angel with Violin (fresco), c15th century. Artist: Melozzo da Forli
Musical Angel with Violin (fresco), c15th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. CXVI edited by H. Granville Fell [The National Magazine Co. Ltd, London, 1945.]

Bad Company, c1665. Artist: Jan Steen
Bad Company, c1665. Painting held in the Louvre, Paris. From A History of Painting, Volume V by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911]

A Violinist, c1898. Artist: Fernand Khnopff
A Violinist, c1898. From The Studio Volume 14 by Ralph Nevill. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1898]

Marie Hall, English violinist, c1903. Artist: Rotary Photo
Marie Hall, English violinist, c1903. Postcard posted in 1903. Taught by Otakar Sevcik in Prague, Marie Hall (1884-1956) made her London debut performance in 1903

Princess Dolgorouki, 1889. A print from Figaro Exposition, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, Limited, 4 Stationers Hall Court, London, 1889

Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), Dutch painter, 1816. Artist: John Corner
Gerrit Dou (1613-1675), Dutch painter, 1816. Plate taken from Portraits of Celebrated Painters, Part I, by John Corner (London, 1816)

The Cat and Fiddle

Street musicians, London, 1926-1927. Wandering harpist and violinist entertaining theatre-goers in the pit queue. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I

Music concert, 13th century (1849). Artist: A Bisson
Music concert, 13th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 13th century manuscript illustration held by the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

A violinist and two cellists, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
A violinist and two cellists, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving

Swedish musician, 1936. Artist: Donald McLeish
Swedish musician, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Apollo and the Muses, 1772. Artist: Angelika Kauffmann
Apollo and the Muses, 1772. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

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