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Mentally ill patients dancing at a ball at Somerset County Asylum. Process print after a lithograph by K. Drake, ca. 1850/1855.

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.

Page 113: Krishna playing his flute to the cows and Radha who is immersed in the river, while an old man smoking a hookah observes. Watercolour drawing.

Saint Cecilia with Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, a bishop and Saint Mary Magdalen. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Raphael.

Hunting: snares for catching ground-feeding birds, and musical notation of bird-song. Engraving, c.1762 by B.-L. Prevost.

Dandies at the opera, one of them swooning, overcome with emotion. Coloured etching by I.R. Cruikshank, 1818.

A fiddler falls over in fright at a skeleton. Etching by J. Neagle after C. Edgeworth, 1801.

A young man is shouting at a man playing the trombone at 2.30 in the morning, for waking him and his family up during the night. Engraving by Robert Graves, 1834, after R.W. Buss.

An Indian snake charmer squatting down playing his pipe, with two cobras in a basket in front of him, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.

A man plays the fiddle at a tavern table as another sings and others listen. Engraving by M. Liart, c. 1783, after A. van Ostade.

The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

Horlicks transition modulator : price, one shilling : the keys to health / Horlicks Malted Milk Company.

'A sweet shrill voice' : the countertenor and vocal scoring in Tudor England / Simon Ravens.

The study of primitive music / [Charles S. Myers].

MS.1422

From Spice Girls to Riot Grrrls.

Techniques for engraving maps (top), and musical notation (below): tools shown between. Engraving by Defehrt (maps) and Madame de Lusse (music).

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 3.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 2.

The Pain killer polka / composed by F. Archer.

The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.

Gymnastik-sånger för flickor : samlade / af C. Löfving.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 4.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 1.

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Music

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Images of Music

Images about Music

Works from the collections

The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 2.

Gymnastik-sånger för flickor : samlade / af C. Löfving.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 4.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 1.

Music

Images from the collections

Images of Music

Images about Music

Works from the collections

The crutch polka / by Paul Favart.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 2.

Gymnastik-sånger för flickor : samlade / af C. Löfving.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 4.

Oversize ephemera : Medical songs 1.

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