Sound Collection

The Inchcape Rock, 1908, (c1930). Creator: Peter Graham
The Inchcape Rock, 1908, (c1930). Illustration to a ballad of the same name by Robert Southey, published in 1802. A warning bell for shipping had been installed on a dangerous sandstone reef off

The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith: view…from Burrage-road, Plumstead…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The explosion of gunpowder magazines at Erith: view from Burrage-road, Plumstead, by Captain Pasley, R.A., 1864. View from the window of Pasley's house

The Sound. Motif from Ven, 1892. Creator: Gustaf Rydberg
The Sound. Motif from Ven, 1892

Allegory of the Sound, 1622. Creator: Isaac Isaacsz
Allegory of the Sound, 1622

Party Scene; Allegory of the Five Senses, 1605-1652. Creator: Bartholomeus van Bassen
Party Scene; Allegory of the Five Senses, 1605-1652

Kyrkesund, 1911. Creator: Karl Nordström
Kyrkesund, 1911

Musical theories of Pythagoras, 1492. Creator: Unknown
Musical theories of Pythagoras, 1492. Men playing musical instruments and making sounds. At top left, an anvil is struck with hammers

Birds and Iris, 18th-19th century. Creator: Kitao Shigemasa
Birds and Iris, 18th-19th century. Attributed to Kitao Shigemasa

Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Whittington Resting on Highgate-Hill - from a painting by F. Newnham, 1858. Whether all the wonderful stories which have been told of Whittington and his cat be true or not

Torii Suneemon Katsutaka, 1868. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Torii Suneemon Katsutaka, 1868. From Eight Views with Fine Tales of Warriors

Persimmons and White-Eyes, 1880. Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Persimmons and White-Eyes, 1880

Sketches in China - a Thief whipped through the Streets of Canton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in China - a Thief whipped through the Streets of Canton, 1858. Engraving of a sketch...received by the last Overland Mail from our Special Artist and Correspondent in China, who

The Christmas Carol Singer - from a painting by Harrison Weir, 1858. Creator: Harrison Weir
The Christmas Carol Singer - from a painting by Harrison Weir, 1858. British artist Harrison Weir was interested in all aspects of nature, and animals feature strongly in his prolific output

Javan quail, 1785. Creator: Jan Brandes
Javan quail, 1785. Male quail, side view. With inscription describing the whistling of the quail. Part of Jan Brandes sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 141

The Quarter-Bells for the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Quarter-Bells for the Great Clock at Westminster, [London], 1857. The fourth quarter-bell...is a very fine-toned bell

"Prayer Wheel" in Cashmere, 1857. Creator: Unknown. "Prayer Wheel" in Cashmere, 1857
"Prayer Wheel" in Cashmere, 1857....the interior of a Lama Temple, with a prayer-wheel at work. These wheels are about ten feet high by eight or ten in diameter

Sailing Ships in the Sound south of Kronborg, 1857. Creator: Carl Frederik Sorensen
Sailing Ships in the Sound south of Kronborg, 1857

The Peace Rejoicings - Ringing the Bells, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Rejoicings - Ringing the Bells, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

The Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Auckland) preaching the Thanks-Giving Sermon, in Westminster Abbe Creator: Unknown
The Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Auckland) preaching the Thanks-Giving Sermon, in Westminster Abbey, before the House of Peers, on Sunday last, 1856

Orpheus and the Animals, 1650. Creator: Paulus Potter
Orpheus and the Animals, 1650

A Baker Sounding his Horn, c.1648. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
A Baker Sounding his Horn, c.1648

La harpe, instrument céleste, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
La harpe, instrument celeste, 19th century. The harp, celestial instrument. (Littre's dictionary)

It's In the Air, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
It's In the Air, [193-]. The Federal Theatre Presents - It's In the Air - A Satire on Amateur Broadcasts - 15 Professionals - 14 Pc

The Fatal Bellman, 1827. Creator: George Richmond
The Fatal Bellman, 1827. It was the owl that shriek'd the fatal bell-man'; scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth. The hoot of an owl flying over one's house was an evil omen

Le marchand de chansons, 1903. Creator: Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Le marchand de chansons, 1903. Seller of songs

Laboratory, between 1909 and 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Laboratory, between 1909 and 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Laboratory, between 1909 and 1914. USA. Man on left using a telephone, man on right wearing headphones and operating scientific apparatus

Baltic Sea - The Sound, from the Calmac Road (Sweden), 1854. Creator: Unknown
Baltic Sea - The Sound, from the Calmac Road (Sweden), 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

The Resounding Sea, 1880. Creator: Thomas Moran
The Resounding Sea, 1880

The Resounding Sea, 1880. Creator: Thomas Moran
The Resounding Sea, 1880

The Much Resounding Sea, 1886. Creator: Thomas Moran
The Much Resounding Sea, 1886

The Bow-Bell Peal on Christmas Eve, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Bow-Bell Peal on Christmas Eve, 1850. Illustration to a piece by John Timbs. View of ringers in the belfry in Bow Church, London, during a peal

Sound, plate two from The Five Senses, n.d. Creator: Jacob van der Heyden
Sound, plate two from The Five Senses, n.d

A chief's party-Qagyuhl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A chief's party-Qagyuhl, c1910

Canoeing on Clayquot Sound, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Canoeing on Clayquot Sound, c1910

Echo, 1874. Creator: Alexandre Cabanel
Echo, 1874

Eugene Lauste recording the first combined moving image and sound, c1905, (1935). Eugene Lauste may be seen already experimenting with " Talkies"

The five senses, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
The five senses, late 18th-early 19th century. Depiction of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch: looking through a monocle, listening to a pocket watch, smelling perfume, tasting food,

Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Recent additions to the Zoological Society's Collection, Regent's Park, [London], 1864. 'The American cuckoo (Guvia piririgua) is of very lively and peculiar habits

Great Organ at Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Great Organ at Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, 1858. The organ [in the Lutheran Evangelical Church] is built into a space purposely constructed for it

Thomas A. Edison, 1878. Creator: Unknown
Thomas A. Edison, 1878. Edison, Thomas A. between 1865 and 1880. [Inventor and businessman Thomas Edison on the right, with his phonograph, 1878]

Thomas Edison, 1878. Creator: Unknown
Edison, Thomas, between 1870 and 1880. [Inventor and businessman Thomas Edison with his phonograph]

Birds on a Tree with Fruit and Autumn Foliage, Qing dynasty (1644-1911); late 17th century ??

Bush warbler on plum branch, 1830s. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Bush warbler on plum branch, 1830s

Bird on pine tree, 1857. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
Bird on pine tree, 1857

Bush warbler on plum branch, 1840s. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Bush warbler on plum branch, 1840s

Bush warbler on plum branch, c. 1843/47. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Bush warbler on plum branch, c. 1843/47

Bird and chrysanthemums, 1830s. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Bird and chrysanthemums, 1830s

Sparrows and wisteria, n. d. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Sparrows and wisteria, n.d

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