Drum Collection (page 8)

in a school, a master makes his students repeat, who formed an orchestra, 1900
LUX4816491 in a school, a master makes his students repeat, who formed an orchestra, 1900; (add.info.: in a school, a master makes his students repeat, who formed an orchestra)

Greeting card with Father Christmas holding Christmas tree, drum and ball
IMB4824616 Greeting card with Father Christmas holding Christmas tree, drum and ball.; (add.info.: Greeting card with Father Christmas holding Christmas tree, drum and ball.); © Imagebroker

A 12 hp, single cylinder, ploughing steam engine
3732428 A 12 hp, single cylinder, ploughing steam engine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a 12 hp, single cylinder, ploughing steam engine)

Instrumental music - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families
DUV4219918 Instrumental music - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families, 1897 (lithograph); 31x24.5 cm; (add.info.: Paul Dupont, editor, Paris, 1897)

Costumes of the natives of Egypt, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio
FLO4620715 Costumes of the natives of Egypt, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Plaque from a Prussian drum, Frederick the Great's Army
3056360 Plaque from a Prussian drum, Frederick the Great's Army; Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Brass plaque from a drum of Frederick the Great's Prussian Army)

Brass presentation drum given to a soldier of the 127th New York Volunteers
3028161 Brass presentation drum given to a soldier of the 127th New York Volunteers; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brass presentation drum given to a soldier of the 127th New York Volunteers by his)

A souvenir of Odoardo Beccari's journeys: portrait of an Egyptian woman wearing a chador and holding a drum
3563955 A souvenir of Odoardo Beccari's journeys: portrait of an Egyptian woman wearing a chador and holding a drum, 1875 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Egypt 1875 ca)

Victoria Memorial in Calcutta
3562765 Victoria Memorial in Calcutta by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Calcutta, India 1920-1930 Date of Artwork: 1910-1921 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives

Portrait of Mornay Joull
3575951 Portrait of Mornay Joull by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: France 1884 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Hindu dancers. Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779). Engraving 1835
JAB4121352 Hindu dancers. Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779). Engraving 1835; (add.info.: Hindu dancers. Voyages by James Cook (1728-1779). Engraving 1835); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

T l'Ecole de Tambour - "Military Alphabet" 1837 (engraving)
DUV4215688 T l'Ecole de Tambour - "Military Alphabet" 1837 (engraving); (add.info.: T l'Ecole de Tambour - Engraving 1837 in " Military Alphabet" Lithographs by Clement)

Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214988 Letter D: Big drum and soldier one to the other soda make a great D, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim, Alphabet enchante" Texts of "Trim")

Letter M: Forward the Music! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century
DUV4207568 Letter M: Forward the Music! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century. 20 pages. Dim: 24, 5x18, 5cm

Letter M: Forward the Music! Letter N: No, you won't get my little ship! Engraving in " ABC fun"
DUV4207556 Letter M: Forward the Music! Letter N: No, you won't get my little ship! Engraving in " ABC fun". Monrocq Freres, editors, beginning of the 20th century. 20 pages

Grandchildren playing with their grandfather, 1850
3478016 Grandchildren playing with their grandfather, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting grandchildren playing with their grandfather. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A student band with deguisement, mask, musical instrument, flag
LUX4749359 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A student band with deguisement, mask, musical instrument, flag, 1925 - Fanfare by Rifoully Nenes, a company founded in 1923; (add.info.: France)

First World War: Christmas Patriotic Map showing a little child thinking of a dequeue of little children disguished as
LUX4744201 First World War: Christmas Patriotic Map showing a little child thinking of a dequeue of little children disguished as a soldier and ready to defend France

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a drum titled" Victory Drum " That the enemy come
LUX4742756 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a drum titled" Victory Drum " That the enemy come and retaliate drum from France is at his post

131-0058545/1 Drummer, Tile from the Palmita Series, Catalan, 19th century
IND54531 131-0058545/1 Drummer, Tile from the Palmita Series, Catalan, 19th century; Museo de Ceramica, Barcelona, Spain; Index Fototeca

Pikemen of the Honourable Artillery Company, London (b/w photo)
8635304 Pikemen of the Honourable Artillery Company, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pikemen of the Honourable Artillery Company, London)

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The Death of General Colbert, c. 1809-10 (oil on fabric)
XOS5879768 The Death of General Colbert, c. 1809-10 (oil on fabric) by Schnetz, Jean Victor (1787-1870); 50x61 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Victor Schnetz In 1809)

Children's marching band (chromolitho)
8677506 Children's marching band (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children's marching band)

The Drum Prelude (colour photo)
8668626 The Drum Prelude (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Drum Prelude)

Young girls playing shamisen and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing samisen
CSO4979987 Young girls playing shamisen and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing samisen, tsudzumi and taiko - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria
CUL4859683 DE SOTTO, Serafin Maria, Earl of Clonard (1793 - 1862). Historia organica de las armas de Infanteria y Caballeria espanolas. 1851 - 1859

Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex "Marat ou les heros de la revolution"
PCT4285502 Illustration of the book by Leo Taxil and J. Vindex "Marat ou les heros de la revolution", Librairie anti-clericale (anti clerical)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): 14 July 1919, ceremony at the Invalides, commemoration of victory
LUX4798856 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): 14 July 1919, ceremony at the Invalides, commemoration of victory, the wagon of Rethondes, 1919; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Photograph of a communard and his son in uniform
LUX4710339 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: Photograph of a communard and his son in uniform and with drums in the commune of Lyon, 1871 - Proton pere et fils; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

Women dancing the heiva or hula dance to drum and pipe music in a house on Raiatea island
FLO4624566 Women dancing the heiva or hula dance to drum and pipe music in a house on Raiatea island. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso after Giovanni Battista Cipriani

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: July 14, Boulevard Beranger, defile military music with flag, lanterns
LUX4760137 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: July 14, Boulevard Beranger, defile military music with flag, lanterns, drum, rifle and kepi, 1901; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Costume of Xhosa (or amaxhosa) (South Africa), musicians in fur cloaks, a hunter in leaf loaf
FLO4635307 Costume of Xhosa (or amaxhosa) (South Africa), musicians in fur cloaks, a hunter in leaf loaf and a woman giving the breast to her baby

A: the deathly musicians who announce the Dance of Death - The Alphabet of Death, c.1856 (engraving)
DUV4222065 A: the deathly musicians who announce the Dance of Death - The Alphabet of Death, c.1856 (engraving); 8x23 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Drawing by H)

Dance Orchestra - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980853 Dance Orchestra - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Dance Orchestra - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024

Henry Cotyral or Henri Corneille Agrippa (Cornelius Agrippa or Agrippa by Nettesheim)
JEB4934254 Henry Cotyral or Henri Corneille Agrippa (Cornelius Agrippa or Agrippa by Nettesheim, 1486-1535) - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): defile conscripts in a village of Touraine, 1908
LUX4797797 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): defile conscripts in a village of Touraine, 1908; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): defile conscripts in a village of Touraine

Mexican Indians, with feather heats, celebrating the beginning of the century by dancing to the sound of percussion
FLO4635683 Mexican Indians, with feather heats, celebrating the beginning of the century by dancing to the sound of percussion

First Italian campaign: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole
XEE4159395 First Italian campaign: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) at the Battle of the Bridge of Arcole, November 1796 taken from Nos-Gloires-Nationales c.1920 (engraving) by Neziere

Miriam, Mirjam (Myriam), prophetess, older sister of Moses, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870
UIG5413225 Miriam, Mirjam (Myriam), prophetess, older sister of Moses, chromolithograph from a home bible, 1870; UIG

Young women playing shamisen, and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing shamisen
CSO4979983 Young women playing shamisen, and drums (tsuzumi and taiko) - Playing shamisen, tsudzumi and taiko - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young women playing shamisen)

Soldiers of the French Revolution of 1789 with drums, phrygian caps and revolutionary cockades. Colour engraving
NWI4836291 Soldiers of the French Revolution of 1789 with drums, phrygian caps and revolutionary cockades. Colour engraving.; (add.info.: Soldiers of the French Revolution of 1789 with drums)

The Parnassus - Apollo playing the lira da braccio (the lyre of arms), Pegase appears behind him
JEB4861576 The Parnassus - Apollo playing the lira da braccio (the lyre of arms), Pegase appears behind him. The nine muses Calliope (epic poesy), Clio (history), Erato (lyric art), Euterpe (music)

Various musical instruments. 1: Forms of Hurdy-Gurdy, also called Peasant Lyre, 2: Keyed violin, 3: Straw Violin
528008 Various musical instruments. 1: Forms of Hurdy-Gurdy, also called Peasant Lyre, 2: Keyed violin, 3: Straw Violin, 4: Hunting Horns, 5: Triangle, 6: Bells, 7: Tambourine or Moorish Drum

View of the south entrance, begun 1183 (photo)
BEN85064 View of the south entrance, begun 1183 (photo); Church of the Mother of God, Studenica, Serbia; Photo © Raffaello Bencini

A finely lacquered group of seven netsuke
1766580 A finely lacquered group of seven netsuke; Private Collection; (add.info.: A finely lacquered group of seven netsuke. 19th Century.); Photo © Christie's Images

French Revolution: battles in the streets of Paris - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Fighting in the streets of
NWI4838410 French Revolution: battles in the streets of Paris - Colorisee engraving, 19th century - Fighting in the streets of Paris

ROMANA, Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marques de La (1761-1811). Spanish military man and politician. Spain
CUL4870791 ROMANA, Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marques de La (1761-1811). Spanish military man and politician. Spain. War of Independence (1808). Oath of the troops of the Marquis de La Romana

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"The Drum: A Symbol of Power, Unity, and Artistic Expression" The drum has long been a powerful symbol throughout history, representing not only the beat that drives armies into battle but also the rhythm that unites musicians in harmony. From its role in military regiments to its presence on ancient battlefields, the drum holds a significant place in our collective memory. In 1777 during the Revolutionary War, The Royal Logistic Corps showcased their strength and determination at the Battle of Brandywine. Howard Pyle's oil painting captures this historic moment with vivid detail, highlighting the resounding beats of drums echoing through the battlefield. Fast forward to c1968 when Elvin Jones mesmerized audiences with his unparalleled drumming skills. Brian Foskett's photograph immortalizes this jazz legend as he effortlessly creates rhythmic magic on stage. Speaking of battles, Howard Pyle's oil painting depicting the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1898 showcases how drums played an essential role in rallying troops and instilling courage amidst chaos. Across borders and cultures, such as Scotland's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders or Sri Lanka's Geta Beraya players, drums have transcended time and geography to become symbols of national pride and cultural heritage. Drum Castle stands tall as a testament to history; it has witnessed countless battles while serving as a stronghold for generations past. Its walls reverberate with stories told through pounding rhythms on regimental drums like those used by the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment during World War I. But beyond war and conflict lies another facet of drumming – music. Various musical instruments come together harmoniously to create melodies that touch our souls. Whether it be Jack DeJohnette captivating audiences at Queen Elizabeth Hall or Elvin Jones enchanting listeners at Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles – these moments remind us why we are drawn to music’s universal language.