Listening Collection (page 11)

At the telephone, London Fire Brigade, c1900 (1901). The London Fire Brigade is the statutory fire and rescue service for London. It was formed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act of 1865

An al fresco lecture, Hyde Park, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

A music hall gallery, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

A concert at the Guildhall School of Music, London, c1901 (1901). The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school founded in 1880. From Living London, Vol

Singing to patients at a London hospital, c1901 (1903). Artist: EH Harnock
Singing to patients at a London hospital, c1901 (1903). From Living London, Vol. II, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]

A lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, London, c1903 (1903). The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Royal Society of Arts)

A lecture at the Royal Institution, London, c1903 (1903). The Royal Institution of Great Britain is an institution devoted to scientific education and research founded in 1799

A Sunday evening debate at the Old Playgoers Club, London, c1903 (1903). Members of the club went to the theatre and then met afterwards to discuss the performance

In the Electrophone Salon, Gerrard Street, London, c1903 (1903). The Electrophone system operated in the United Kingdom between 1895 and 1926

Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (2), c1916. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey (1880-1953) and Bennett Scott (1875-1930) in 1916

Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (1), c1916. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey (1880-1953) and Bennett Scott (1875-1930) in 1916

The following morning Cicero made another speech against Catiline, c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath
The following morning Cicero made another speech against Catiline, c1912 (1912). Marcus Tullius Cicero discovered a second plot by Lucius Sergius Catiline to murder the Consuls

The Shepherd hears the Guns at Dawn, c1910, (c1932). Artist: William Blamire Young
The Shepherd hears the Guns at Dawn, c1910, (c1932). From Modern Art by Charles Marriott & Tis & Tis. [Colour Ltd. London, 1909]

A Young Woman playing a Harpsichord to a Young Man, 1659. Artist: Jan Steen
A Young Woman playing a Harpsichord to a Young Man, 1659. Painting held in The National Gallery. From The Connoisseur Volume 101. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1938]

Ketts Rebellion, Norfolk, 1549 (1793). Kett the Tanner haranguing the insurgents under the Oak of Reformation at Mousehold hill near Norwich

St Augustine, a Benedictine monk, first preaching to the Saxons in Kent, 597 (1793). From Ashburtons History of England, by Charles Alfred Ashburton. [W. & J. Stratford, High Holborn, London, 1793]

A Russian War Fund Poster, c1914. Artist: Sergi Vinogradoff
A Russian War Fund Poster, c1914. From The Studio Volume 64. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

Titus Oates before the Privy Council, 1678 (1905). Oates fabricated the so-called Popish Plot, a Catholic conspiracy to murder King Charles II

The Blacksmith lets his Iron grow cold attending to the Taylors News, 1772

Primitive justice: an appeal to the head of the tribe, 1907. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 1, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A. [Carmelite House, London, 1907]

Pesenting the patriotic address to the Queen on the eve of the Crimean War, 1854 (1906)
Peers and commoners presenting the patriotic address to the Queen on the eve of the Crimean War, 1854 (1906). From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

The Word, c1922. Artist: Frederick Cayley Robinson
The Word, c1922. From The Studio Volume 83. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1922]

Peter the Hermit preaching the First Crusade, c1095 (1905). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. I. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Reform demonstration in Hyde Park, London, 19th century (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More, c1875. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Sigh No More, Ladies, Sigh No More, c1875. A scene for Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 3. From The Illustrated Library Shakespeare

Instruction, c18th century. From The Connoisseur Vol. XXII. [Otto Limited, London, 1908-9]

Reader in Cigar Factory, Havana, Cuba, c1910s
Reader in Cigar Factory, Havana, Cuba. Readers are a traditional feature of Cuban cigar factories where the reader, often someone with radio experience, reads the news

Peter Preaching the First Crusade, 1869. Peter the Hermit (c1050-1115) was a priest of Amiens and a key figure during the First Crusade

No. III. -St. John Preaching, 1635, (1924). Artist: Jacques Callot
No. III. -St. John Preaching, 1635. From The Connoisseur Vol LXVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1924.]

St John Preaching in the Wilderness, c1620-1635, (1924). Artist: Jacques Callot
St. John Preaching in the Wilderness. From The Connoisseur Vol LXVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1924.]

Angelica Kauffmann in the Character of Design listening to the Inspiration of Poetry, 1782, (1921)
Angelica Kauffmann in the Character of Design listening to the Inspiration of Poetry, 1782. By Thomas Burke (1749-1815) after a work by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807)

Cromwell and Hampden, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Cromwell and Hampden, 1902. It has been suggested that Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) and other future architects of the English Civil War, including John Hampden (c1595-1643)

Meeting of London business men on Tower Hill, held after sinking of the Lusitania, c. 1915
Part of a meeting of London business men on Tower Hill, held after the sinking of the Lusitania, c1915. Part of a meeting of London business men on Tower Hill

Listening post in a shell hole in No Mans Land, near Lagnicourt, France, World War I, c1914-c1918
Listening post in a shell crater in No Mans Land, near Lagnicourt, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. From a box set of stereoscopic cards titled The Great War

Land! Land! Land!, Columbus arriving in America, 1492 (late 19th or early 20th century)
Land! Land! Land!, Christopher Columbus arriving in America, 1492 (late 19th or early 20th century). Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

Music at Home, 1872 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Music at Home, 1872 (1891). Study of an amateur comic singer struggling with an unsympathising audience. A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume I

Illustration from the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1896 (1964). Printed in Hammersmith, London, 1896. The Kelmscott Press was founded by William Morris in 1891

A Business-like Offer, 1886 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
A Business-like Offer, 1886 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891

Music at Home, 1885 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Music at Home, 1885 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, Selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891

Its not so difficult to speak French, after all, 1882 (1891). Artist: George du Maurier
Its not so difficult to speak French, after all, 1882 (1891). A print from Society Pictures, drawn by George du Maurier, Selected from Punch, Volume II, London, 1891

Listening to the gramophone, Bulawayo to Dett, Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Listening to the gramophone, Bulawayo to Dett, Rhodesia, c1924-c1925 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

Bells telephone in operation, late 19th century. Artist: Gilbert
Bells telephone in operation, late 19th century. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876

A professional story teller at Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, c1875

The Queue, the Pensioner and the Dollar Princess, 1910. Artist: Fred Leist
The Queue, the Pensioner and the Dollar Princess, 1910. A print from The Graphic Supplement, 21st May 1910

Eton Boys Listening to the Reading of the Proclamation on Windsor Bridge, Berkshire, 1910. The schoolboys are listening to the proclamation of George V as King after the death of his father

A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Russell & Sons
A class of seamen at ammunition instruction, Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 26th June 1896

Au Cafe, c1877-1880 (1958). A print from The Fitzwilliam Museum an Illustrated Survey, Trianon Press, 1958

The Annunciation, c1445, (1958). A print from The Fitzwilliam Museum an Illustrated Survey, Trianon Press, 1958

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