Minstrel Collection (#5)

Cheerfulness (engraving)
979493 Cheerfulness (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cheerfulness. Illustration for The Nobility of Life, Its Graces and Virtues)

Map of Cadiz, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622
STC121046 Map of Cadiz, from Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (1535-90), c.1572 (coloured engraving) by Hoefnagel

Horace Westons World Renowned Banjo Music, 1883. Creator: Unknown
Printed sheet music for " Seek No Further March" by African-American musician Horace Weston. The three page folio has a cover featuring an illustrated portrait of Weston standing with his

Cast Iron Dobbie, c. 1936. Creator: Rex F Bush
Cast Iron Dobbie, c. 1936

Razullo and Cucurucu, c. 1622. Creator: Jacques Callot
Razullo and Cucurucu, c. 1622

Le soir meme... (The same evening... ), 1878. Creator: Felix Hilaire Buhot
Le soir meme... (The same evening...), 1878

The Marriage at Cana, c. 1495/1497. Creator: Master of the Catholic Kings
The Marriage at Cana, c. 1495/1497

The Moray Minstrels (Invitation card of Arthur James Lewis), 1865

FALL / K. C. SPANIEL / 1963
CHAMPION TUDOR MINSTREL OF ST. LUCIA Owned by Mrs Gristwood. Colour: black and tan. Date: 1963

Elizabethan Minstrels outside a Tavern Date: circa 1600

The Christy Minstrels, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Christy Minstrels, 1872. Christys Minstrels were formed in 1843 in New York by Edwin Pearce Christy, here, two of the original lineup perform with other actors at St. Jamess Hall in the West End

Nomad musician, Jaipur
Nomadic musician squats at a ceramics shop in Jaipur, India. Over his shoulder he carries an Ektara, a single string gourd musical instrument

Busker with dogs, Cheltenham - 2
A busker plays a tune on his violin outside a shopping centre in Cheltenham, while his two mongrel dogs snooze and stretch. His violin case is open and there some coins in it

Busker with dogs, Cheltenham - 1
A busker plays a tune on his violin outside a shopping centre in Cheltenham, while his two mongrel dogs snooze and stretch. His violin case is open and there are some coins in it. Portrait format

The two of diamonds as a basis for a comic minstrel, 1910. Creator: A Hogg
The two of diamonds as a basis for a comic minstrel, 1910. Transformation playing card with a man in a tall hat drawn around the diamonds

Alfred the Great, Disguised as a Harper, Playing Before Guthrum, (878), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Alfred the Great, Disguised as a Harper, Playing Before Guthrum, (878), 1890. Alfred the Great (c847-899) King of Wessex 871-c886 and King of the Anglo-Saxons c886-899

Alfred, disguised in the Character of a Harper, viewing the Danish Camp, 1773. Creator
Alfred, disguised in the Character of a Harper, viewing the Danish Camp, 1773. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). King Alfred the Great (849-899) From " A New and Complete History of England

Minstrel, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
Minstrel, c1950. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

The cutter Minstrel competing in the round Island Race, 1938. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The cutter Minstrel competing in the round Island Race, 1938. (Possibly the 1913, William Fife designed yawl that was later converted to a bermudan sloop.)

Street Minstrel, Tangier, Morocco, playing a local three-stringed guitar-type instrument. known as a Gimbri. Date: 1929

FALL / K. C. SPANIEL / 1963
CHAMPION TUDOR MINSTREL OF ST. LUCIA Owned by Mrs Gristwood. Colour: black and tan. Date: 1963

Miniature in which Bernat Ventadorn appears, 1125 - 1195, Provencal troubadour

View of the Pandean Minstrels in performance at Vauxhall, London, c1800. Artist: John Lee
View of the Pandean Minstrels in performance at Vauxhall, London, c1800. Primo, Secondo, Basso, Pandean pipes and Tenore (Contra-Basso)

King Thrushbeard, 1909
The Beggar took her by the hand and led her away. King Thrushbeard from The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, pub. 1909 (colour lithograph)

Blondel Sings Beneath Richards Window, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

Courtly Love Games (Spieleteppich), tapestry. Detail, ca 1400. Found in the Collection of Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Minstrels and Jugglers at Court, 1882. Artist: Anonymous
Minstrels and Jugglers at Court, 1882. Private Collection

Two minstrels. Illustration from the codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, c. 1280. Artist: Anonymous
Two minstrels. Illustration from the codex of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, c. 1280. Found in the collection of Monasterio de El Escorial

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

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

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

Heinrich von Veldeke (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Heinrich von Veldeke (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

Gottfried von Neifen (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Gottfried von Neifen (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

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

Count Friedrich II von Leiningen (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Count Friedrich II von Leiningen (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

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

Rudolf II of Fenis (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Rudolf II of Fenis (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

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

Henry IV Probus, Duke of Silesia-Wroclaw (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Henry IV Probus, Duke of Silesia-Wroclaw (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

King Conrad the Younger (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
King Conrad the Younger (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

Henry VI (1165-1197), Holy Roman Emperor (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Henry VI (1165-1197), Holy Roman Emperor (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

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

A Minstrels Balcony, 1905. Artist: Mortimer Luddington Menpes
A Minstrels Balcony, 1905. From India, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Flora A. Steel. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1905]

Blondel, under the walls of Richards Prison, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
Blondel, under the walls of Richards Prison, c1860, (c1860). Blondel de Nesle (c1155-1202) under the walls of Richard IAEs (1157-1199) Prison

The Pool, 1906, (1918). Artist: Robert Anning Bell
The Pool, 1906, (1918). From The Studio Volume 74. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1918]

Troubadour

Senegal - Griot playing a Xalam
A Griot Xalam Player - Senegal. The most common stringed instrument in Senegal. Griots of many ethnic groups play it, including the Wolof, Sereer, Mandinko, Malinke, Fulbe, and Tukuloor

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"Minstrels: Celebrating the Melodies of Tradition and Diversity" Step into the vibrant world of minstrels, where cultures intertwine and music becomes a universal language. From Senegal's griots playing enchanting tunes on their kora to the captivating performances of black and white minstrels, this ancient art form has transcended time. In medieval times, Paddy the Piper mesmerized audiences with his skillful melodies, while Henry I, Count of Anhalt immortalized minstrelsy in a stunning artwork from the Codex Manesse. These troubadours brought joy to villages as buffoons in Francois Nicolas Riss' painting "Buffoons in a Village. " Not limited by boundaries or race, George H. Chirgwin broke barriers as the White-Eyed Kaffir, showcasing his talent across different stages. Meanwhile, The Golliwoggs Bicycle Club dared to challenge stereotypes by fearlessly pedaling through a world surrounded by cannibals. Minstrelsy also found its place in historical events like Alfred's presence at Danish Camp or Austria's monument dedicated to Der Liebe Augustin - Markus Augustin himself once-popular Viennese entertainer. GEORGE H CHIRGWIN/HALLS became synonymous with unforgettable performances that captivated audiences worldwide. And who can forget Kay Nielsen's ethereal illustration "The Song to the Moon, " which transports us into an otherworldly realm? Finally, we pay homage to bards singing tales of old to ancient Britons - keeping traditions alive through their powerful voices. Through these glimpses into minstrel history and culture, we celebrate their ability to bridge gaps between nations and generations alike. Let us embrace this timeless art form that continues to resonate within our hearts and souls.