Musical Instrument Collection

Bill Frisell, 2006. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Bill Frisell, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2006

Drummer Louie Bellson and his big band playing at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 1979
Drummer Louie Bellson and his big band in concert at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 7 November 1979. Also pictured are trombonists Kurt Berger and Doug Wintz

Lady at a Virginal, c1652-1675. Artist: Jan Vermeer
Lady at a Virginal, c1652-1675

Ronnie Scott, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1994. Artist: Brian O Connor
Scott Ronnie, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1994

Madame Suggia, 1920-1923, (1933). Artist: Augustus John
Madame Suggia, 1920-1923, (1933). Portrait of Portuguese cellist Guilhermina Suggia (1888-1950). Illustration from the Apollo Volume XVIII, no 106, (October 1933)

Elvin Jones, c1968. Creator: Brian Foskett
Elvin Jones, c1968

Pat Martino, 2009. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Pat Martino, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2009

Paul Chambers, 1960. Creator: Brian Foskett
Paul Chambers, 1960

Orpheus and His Lute, late 19th-early 20th century, (1914). Creator: John Charles Dollman
Orpheus and His Lute, late 19th-early 20th century, (1914). Depiction of the ancient Greek legend of Orpheus, (who played a lyre, not a lute)

The Sharp Family, 1779-1781, (1942). Creator: Johan Zoffany
The Sharp Family, 1779-1781, (1942). Portrait of the musical and aptly named Sharps aboard their sailing barge Apollo on the River Thames at Fulham in London: Mary Lloyd-Baker (nee Sharp)

B. B. King, Mstricht Jazz Festival, the Netherlands, 1991. Creator: Brian Foskett
B.B.King, Mstricht Jazz Festival, the Netherlands, 1991

Circle Dance, 1910. Creator: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Circle Dance, 1910. Found in the Collection of Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Creator
How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Playing the 7th Kings Own Scottish Borderers out of their trenches at the Battle of Loos in the midst of the gas attack

The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V. C. at Dargai, 1897, (1939)
The Gordon Highlanders. How Piper Findlater won the V.C. at Dargai, 1897, (1939). The Storming of the Dargai Heights by the 1st Gordon Highlanders and the Gurkhas, 1897

Billy Higgins and David Williams, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, Sep 1993. Artist: Brian O Connor
Billy Higgins and David Williams, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, Sep 1993

McCoy Tyner performing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, July 1978

Elvin Jones and his Jazz Machine, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 1997. Creator: Brian Foskett
Elvin Jones and his Jazz Machine, Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles, USA, 1997

Miles Davis Quintet, 1960. Creator: Brian Foskett
Miles Davis Quintet, 1960

The Count Basie Orchestra in concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 18 July 1980: Count Basie (piano), Cleveland Eaton (bass), Freddie Green (guitar), Gregg Field (drums)

The Charmer, 1911. Artist: John William Waterhouse
The Charmer, 1911. From The Studio Volume 71. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1917]

Drunk Warrior and Court Jester, Italian painting of 19th century. Artist: Casimiro Tomba
Drunk Warrior and Court Jester, Italian painting of 19th century. Tomba, Casimiro (1857-1929). Found in the collection of the M. Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol

Robert Cray, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Robert Cray Band, Sage Theatre, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 15 July 2008

Jack DeJohnette, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1989. Creator: Brian Foskett
Jack DeJohnette, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1989

Boy with a Lute, ca. 1625. Creator: Frans Hals
Boy with a Lute, ca. 1625

Maynard Ferguson, 2000. Creator: Brian Foskett
Maynard Ferguson, 2000

St Cecilia at the organ, (c1865). Creator: Christian Schultz
St Cecilia at the organ, (c1865). 19th century chromolithograph after a section of the 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, in St Bavos Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium

Miles Davis Quintet, 1960. Creator: Brian Foskett
Miles Davis Quintet, 1960

Lonnie Donegan on stage at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, April 1979

Humphrey Lyttelton and Sidney Bechet at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1956

Jackie McLean, Jazz Cafe, London, April 1991. Artist: Brian O Connor
Jackie McLean, Jazz Cafe, London, April 1991

Art Blakey, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1984. Artist: Brian O Connor
Art Blakey, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1984. Art Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader

Oscar Peterson in concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955. Artist: Denis Williams
Oscar Peterson in concert at Colston Hall, Bristol, 1955

AI IMAGE - Sherlock Holmes playing the violin in his rooms at 221B Baker Street, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Sherlock Holmes playing the violin in his rooms at 221B Baker Street, 2023

Portrait of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), 1894. Found in the collection of Regional Museum of Fine and Applied Art, Smolensk

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Observed by Queen Catherine, 1870. Artist: Marcus Stone
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Observed by Queen Catherine, 1870. Painting by Marcus Stone (1840-1921), British history painter

William Kemp or Kempe, Elizabethan comedian, 1600
William Kemp or Kempe (d1603) Elizabethan comedian who danced from Norwich to London in 1599, (1600). Here Kemp, with bells on his legs, is dancing the Morris

Lee Morgan, 1961. Creator: Brian Foskett
Lee Morgan, 1961

Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Two Young Girls at the Piano, 1892

Ben Riley, BBC TV Recording Jazz Goes to College Cambridge, 1966. Creator
Ben Riley, BBC TV Recording " Jazz Goes to College" Cambridge, 1966

Mozart performs for Empress Maria Theresia, 1 October 1762, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Mozart performs for Empress Maria Theresia, 1 October 1762, (1936). Mozart Vor Kaiserin Maria Theresia, 1 Oktober 1762. The six-year-old Mozart plays for the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria at

Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1978. Artist: Brian O Connor
Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1978. He is known for his guitar and harmonica playing, as well as his whistling skills

Louie Bellson and Buddy Rich at the International Drummers Association meeting at the Horseshoe pub, Tottenham Court Road, London, 1 November 1978

Henry I, Count of Anhalt (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Henry I, Count of Anhalt (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

A Christmas Carol. Artist: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
A Christmas Carol. Private Collection

Portrait of the composer Sergei Rakhmaninov (1873-1943), 1930. Artist: Grigoriev, Boris Dmitryevich (1886-1939)
Portrait of the composer Sergei Rakhmaninov (1873-1943), 1930. Found in the collection of the State Central M. Glinka Museum of Music, Moscow

St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Artist: Gustav Naujok
St. Cecilia, 1891, (1911). Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. From Bibbys Annual 1911. [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1911]

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

At the Piano, 1914. Artist: Sergey Vinogradov
At the Piano, 1914. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum of the Belorussian Republic, Minsk, Belarus

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