Stringed Instrument Collection (page 28)

Grown Gentlemen Taught to Dance, 1768. Artist: B Clowes
Grown Gentlemen Taught to Dance, 1768. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds])

Grown Ladies Taught to Dance, 1750. Artist: Rennoldson
Grown Ladies Taught to Dance, 1750. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his Journey... 1747
John of Gant mounted, or, Mars on his Journey. If music be the food of love, play on, 1747. The Duke of Cumberland, younger son of George II, uncle of George III and famous womaniser

A Satire on the Altar-piece by Kent in St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, 1725. Artist: William Hogarth
A Satire on the Altar-piece by Kent in St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, 1725. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Three stringed crout, 9th century, (1870). CROUT NOT FOUND
Three stringed crout, 9th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul LaCroix, London, 1870

Blondel At Richards Prison, 12th century, (c1850). Blondel was King Richard Is favourite musician. Colour plate from Pictures of English History, published by George Routledge & Sons, (London)

Nicolo Paganini, 19th century Italian violinist, violist, guitarist and composer, (1900). Paganini (1782-1840) is one of the most famous violin virtuosi

Emblem of the Paris International Exhibition, 1867. A print from The Illustrated London News, (20 July 1867)

Portraits and Dresses of the Kings of England... c1783.Artist: Hawkins
Portraits and Dresses of the Kings of England (with their Arms) prior to the Norman Conquest, c1783. Engraving from Barnards New Complete and Authentic History of England, (c1783)

Persians, 1808. Artist: F Leopold
Persians, 1808

Personification of music, with the auxiliaries, the poet and musicians, 1508, (1870). Facsimile of a wood engraving from the Margarita Philosophica Nova

King Rene and his Musical Court, 15th century, (1870). Artist: Firmin, Didot & Co
King Rene and his Musical Court, 15th century, (1870). A miniature from the breviary of King Rene, in the Arsenal Library, Paris

Fair Parade, (1885). Artist: Gillot
Fair Parade, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

The Walk Of The Innocent Ones, (1885). Artist: Jeaurat
The Walk Of The Innocent Ones, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

A hurdy-gurdy player, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
A hurdy-gurdy player, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

Travelling Musician, (1885). Artist: Francois-Robert Ingouf
Travelling Musician, (1885). Fiddle-player. Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

The Lecture, (1885). Artist: Cazot
The Lecture, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Interior Under Louis XVI, (1885). Artist: Durin
Interior Under Louis XVI, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Scenes from the Story of Fauvel, 15th century, (1870). Fauvel (the animal-headed creature at top left) is reprimanding a widow who has married again, while being serenaded by musicians below

The Dream of Life, 14th century, (1870). Artist: Franz Kellerhoven
The Dream of Life, 14th century, (1870). A chromolithographic print after a painting in the cloister of the Campo Santo, Pisa

German musicians, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
German musicians, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving of musicians playing on the violin and bass viol. A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance

King David playing on a rote, 13th century, (1870). A wood engraving of a painted window in the Chapel of the Virgin, Cathedral of Troyes

Organistrum, 9th century, (1870). A fore-runner of the hurdy-gurdy, the organistrum was mainly a religious instrument which gave a constant sound, due to its bass string

A performer on the psalterion, 14th century, (1870). Psaltery or psalterion player. A wood engraving after a miniature from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

A psaltery player, 9th century, (1870). A performer on the psaltery or psalterion. A wood engraving after a miniature from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

A state banquet, 15th century, (1870). A wood engraving after miniature from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Three minstrels, c1480, (1910). Representation after a manuscript of the Romance of the Rose, part of a larger scene representing the karole or dance of Sire Mirthe

The bycocket, c1470, (1910). Thr domed top of the bycocket (peaked cap) is shown in modified form. The man on the right has a hurdy-gurdy, a type of musical instrument

A village fete in Russia, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Girls Playing the Game of Ken, c1745-1770. Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Girls Playing the Game of Ken, c1745-1770

Initial letter O, 14th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Initial letter O, 14th century, (1843). Musicians playing on bells, pipes and stringed instruments. Illustration from Dresses

Ladies Playing on the Harp and Organ, early 14th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Ladies Playing on the Harp and Organ, early 14th century, (1843). Two women of Siena; the one playing the harp is from a picture representing the Triumph of Petrarch by A Vanni

A royal repast, early 14th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
A royal repast, early 14th century, (1843). Scene after manuscript illustrations in Queen Marys Psalter. Below, minstrels play on a dulcimer, a trumpet, a tambourine, and a lute or gittern

Minstrels, c1480, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Minstrels, c1480, (1843). Engraving after a manuscript of the Romance of the Rose, part of a larger scene representing the karole or dance of Sire Mirthe

Carnival (detail), early 17th century. Artist: Louis de Caullery
Carnival (detail), early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State M Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania

Concert, 1626. Artist: Hendrick ter Brugghen
Concert, 1626. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Chernigov, Ukraine

Pastoral scene. Faun and Shepherdess, 1650s. Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Pastoral scene. Faun and Shepherdess, 1650s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Merry Company, 17th century. Artist: Jacob Duck
Merry Company, 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russian

Quartet, 1840s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Singers Competition, late 18th or 19th century. Artist: Heinrich Anton Dahling
Singers Competition, late 18th or 19th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Achilles Recognized, 1620s. Artist: Frans Francken II
Achilles Recognized, 1620s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

A Concert, late 17th or 18th century. Artist: Pier Leone Ghezzi
A Concert, late 17th or 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Still Life with a Violin, 19th century. Artist: Pierre Justin Ouvrie
Still Life with a Violin, 19th century. Found in the collection of the M Kroshitsky Art Museum, Sevastopol, Ukraine

The Musicians, late 17th or 18th century. Artist: Giacomo Francesco Cipper
The Musicians, late 17th or 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Luteplayer, 1624. Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst
The Luteplayer, 1624. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Musical Evening, early 17th century. Artist: Master of Haarlem
Musical Evening, early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Russian author Leo Tolstoy with the balalaika player Boris Troyanovsky, Russia, 1909. Artist: Sophia Tolstaya
Russian author Leo Tolstoy with the balalaika player Boris Troyanovsky, Russia, 1909. Found in the collection of the State Museum of Tolstoys Estate at Yasnaya Polyana

A Concert, c1623. Baburen, Dirck (Theodor), van (1595-1624). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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