Drum Collection (page 3)

Hindu musician playing the tabla (drums) with typical black spot made from a mixture of gum, soot and iron filings, West Bengal, India, Asia

Band, Darenth Training Colony Band, Kent
The military band at the Darenth Training Colony near Dartford in Kent. The colony, for adult mental defectives, was set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1904 as an addition to the existing

May Day Parade in Moscow
A group of children taking part in the May Day Parade in Moscow 1929

Steel band festival, Point Fortin, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

The tabla, Pakistan, Asia

Strong Man at a Fair
A man plays a fanfare on a cornet to herald the great feat of strength being performed by a strong man at a fair, while a few people stand looking on

Reynaud Praxinoscope 2
Reynauds device with central lamp, drum holding the images, and a handle for turning it, giving the illusion of movement

Music / Military / German ?
Three musicians - probably German, but they could be Dutch or Belgian - play a piccolo, a cornet and a drum respectively

Bravery at Wattignies
At WATTIGNIES, a drummer-boy named Sthrau beats his drum, making the Austrians think they are surrounded. When they realise their mistake, they kill the juvenile hero

Window
Anghel Rusu

Human invention anticipated: Percussion (engraving)
8657879 Human invention anticipated: Percussion (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Percussion)

The Battle Painter Jorgen Sonne in his Studio, c.1826 (oil on canvas)
8720686 The Battle Painter Jorgen Sonne in his Studio, c.1826 (oil on canvas) by Blunck, Ditlev Conrad (1798-1854); Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

French men's costumes of the late 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph)
5912640 French men's costumes of the late 15th century, 1889 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: French men's costumes of the late 15th century)

French legionnaire colonial soldier depicted on a postcard 1895 Algeria
UIG5635120 French legionnaire colonial soldier depicted on a postcard 1895 Algeria; (add.info.: French legionnaire colonial soldier depicted on a postcard 1895 Algeria).

Africa: Moru men playing drums (b/w photo)
8664834 Africa: Moru men playing drums (b/w photo) by Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf (1897-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moru men playing drums)

Clown with Drum, (oil on canvas laid down on panel)
823005 Clown with Drum, (oil on canvas laid down on panel) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 30x24.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Clown with Drum. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

Indian with Drum, (oil on canvas)
985105 Indian with Drum, (oil on canvas) by Sharp, Joseph Henry (1859-1953); 40.7x51 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Indian with Drum. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953). Oil on canvas

Drill-plow, Drummer, Drumsticks, Drunkard, Dry-goods, Duel, Dumb-bells, Dungeon, Dung-fork, Duster, Dust-pan
8650048 Drill-plow, Drummer, Drumsticks, Drunkard, Dry-goods, Duel, Dumb-bells, Dungeon, Dung-fork, Duster, Dust-pan, Dwelling (engraving) by German School

Modern Wonders, 1938: Million-Volt X-ray Tube (colour photo)
8659910 Modern Wonders, 1938: Million-Volt X-ray Tube (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Million-Volt X-ray Tube)

This Mechanized Age, 1937: Margarine Cooling Drums (colour litho)
8657563 This Mechanized Age, 1937: Margarine Cooling Drums (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Margarine Cooling Drums)

Chapel of the Pestalozzi-Froebel Haus, Berlin (b/w photo)
8626385 Chapel of the Pestalozzi-Froebel Haus, Berlin (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chapel of the Pestalozzi-Froebel Haus)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8670036 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Honourable Artillery Company (colour photo)
8669942 The Honourable Artillery Company (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Honourable Artillery Company)

Going to the Fair (colour litho)
8674316 Going to the Fair (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Going to the Fair)

Feet and legs washed scrupulously clean, the wine-treaders of the Alto Douro lighten their toil with music of fife
8675668 Feet and legs washed scrupulously clean, the wine-treaders of the Alto Douro lighten their toil with music of fife, drum and accordion (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Spanish Serenade. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890
JAB5037234 Spanish Serenade. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890.; (add.info.: Spanish Serenade. Engraving in "The Peoples of the Earth" 1890)

Harpsichord - Internal side cover (detail: Allegorie de la musique). Work by Jean Denis II (17th century), 1648. Dim
JEB4892692 Harpsichord - Internal side cover (detail: Allegorie de la musique). Work by Jean Denis II (17th century), 1648. Dim. case: 206x76,3x26cm. Door size: 72x22 cm

Portrait of Emma Calve (Rosa Noemie Emma Calvet de Roquet, dit) (1858-1942), French soprano
JEB4838272 Portrait of Emma Calve (Rosa Noemie Emma Calvet de Roquet, dit) (1858-1942), French soprano. Photography late 19th century.; (add.info)

The movement - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families, 1897 (lithograph)
DUV4219790 The movement - 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)

La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_1_12: Armes du grand Poulot - Peacock
ICA4930044 La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_1_12: Armes du grand Poulot - Peacock, Duke of Orleans; (add.info.: La Caricature (1830) politique, number 63

Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 16, Satirique en N & B, 1905_7_16: L'amnistie - Anticlericalism
ICA4874161 Cover of " Les Corbeaux (Paris)", number 16, Satirique en N & B, 1905_7_16: L'amnistie - Anticlericalism, Music, Percussion - Eg avec reactionaries

Tambourine player, Muslim woman carrying water, and African servant in Egypt in the 19th century. Colour engraving
NWI4855238 Tambourine player, Muslim woman carrying water, and African servant in Egypt in the 19th century. Colour engraving; (add.info.: Tambourine player, Muslim woman carrying water)

President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) at the podium to review the military parade at Elizabeth (New Jersey, USA)
NWI4936723 President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) at the podium to review the military parade at Elizabeth (New Jersey, USA), 1889 - Colorisee engraving, 19th century

Musician of the Andouillicc Armee - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois
JEB4934941 Musician of the Andouillicc Armee - engraving of 1823 in " Drolatic Songes de Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) - (The Capricious Dreams of Pantagruel)

La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_12_13: Means coercitives - War
ICA4931027 La Caricature (1830) politique, Satirique en Couleurs, 1832_12_13: Means coercitives - War, Repression - Louis-Philippe - Illustration by Jean Ignace Gerard (Grandville) (1803-1847)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire: a Beau-Repi piling at the miraculous source
LUX4774042 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint-Cyr-Sur-Loire: a Beau-Repi piling at the miraculous source, cortege with orpheon and oriflammes, lively view with bourgeois and employees

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Saint Sauveur de Landemon: l'harmonie municipal " Les amis de
LUX4748303 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Saint Sauveur de Landemon: l'harmonie municipal " Les amis de la liberte" by Saint Sauveur Lendelin (Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin)

Mezzo-soprano Miss Emilie Duboise as Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's opera " Rigoletto," as an Italian lady
FLO4656018 Mezzo-soprano Miss Emilie Duboise as Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's opera " Rigoletto," as an Italian lady in national dress

The capitalists seeking subsidies from the American government at the Congress
NWI4958472 The capitalists seeking subsidies from the American government at the Congress, ironically appoints as the army of Coxey

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Place Jean Jaures, fete de la victoire, defile des firemen, 1918
LUX4799838 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Place Jean Jaures, fete de la victoire, defile des firemen, 1918; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Place Jean Jaures

First World War: Patriotic map showing a soldier in uniform beating the drum saying the young
LUX4744012 First World War: Patriotic map showing a soldier in uniform beating the drum saying the young and proud drummer of France and the coach of Valour entitled Tambour de Victoire

First World War: France, Greeting Card showing a soldier's family gathers around Christmas gifts
LUX4739539 First World War: France, Greeting Card showing a soldier's family gathers around Christmas gifts and thinking of the soldier's victorious return to the front under the arch of

Southern side of Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg
3570486 Southern side of Notre Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Strasbourg, France 1880 ca)

First World War: France, A soldier in an idyllic decor of the front thinks of his fiance, 1918
LUX4734945 First World War: France, A soldier in an idyllic decor of the front thinks of his fiance, 1918; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

An actress poses in studio in stage dress and tambourine, 1875
LUX4722830 An actress poses in studio in stage dress and tambourine, 1875; (add.info.: An actress poses in studio in stage dress and tambourine, 1875); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Les bohemiens. Song by Pierre Jean de Beranger (1780-1857). Engraving 1866
JAB4121765 Les bohemiens. Song by Pierre Jean de Beranger (1780-1857). Engraving 1866; (add.info.: Les bohemiens. Song by Pierre Jean de Beranger (1780-1857)

Abecedary illustration : Letter T, 1875 (print)
DUV4209888 Abecedary illustration : Letter T, 1875 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lettre T: Tulipe, Taureau, Toreador, Tortue,); Photo © Duvallon.

Letters and T: Sensitive and Tapageur. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet"
DUV4207445 Letters and T: Sensitive and Tapageur. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet". Illustrations on the theme of quality and defect in children. A. Quinn, printer-publisher, 1885

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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.