Ballads Collection

Ballad / Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES Two crows plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight, then o er his white banes, when they are bare, the wind sall blaw for evermair. Date: traditional

Front Cover of Tres Moutarde (Too Much Mustard) by Cecil Macklin 1911 (colour litho)
1730804 Front Cover of Tres Moutarde (Too Much Mustard) by Cecil Macklin 1911 (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); (add.info)

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (engraving)
3655198 The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (engraving) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pied Piper Of Hamelin)

The Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot
Colour illustration of the Lady of Shalott setting out on her boat for Camelot

The Labours of Thor (engraving)
6021195 The Labours of Thor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Labours of Thor)

How Lady Blanche Arundel Held Wardour for King Charles (engraving)
6021222 How Lady Blanche Arundel Held Wardour for King Charles (engraving) by Small, William (1843-1931) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Frontispiece of "the Psalms of David" set in verse by Clement Marot (1496-1544)
AIS5355279 Frontispiece of "the Psalms of David" set in verse by Clement Marot (1496-1544) and Theodore de Beze (1519-1605)

French revolutionary illustration and words for 'La Marseillaise' 1795
UIG5634395 French revolutionary illustration and words for 'La Marseillaise' 1795.; (add.info.: French revolutionary illustration and words for 'La Marseillaise' 1795)

Autograph and portrait of Leoš Janaček, 1926 (photo)
7206701 Autograph and portrait of Leoš Janaček, 1926 (photo); Muzeum Bedricha Smetany (Music Museum), Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info)

The song of Deborah and Barak (colour litho)
8644924 The song of Deborah and Barak (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The song of Deborah and Barak)

May-Day-Hymn, as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford (litho)
8641661 May-Day-Hymn, as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May-Day-Hymn, as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford)

Here we go round the mulberry bush (colour litho)
8650890 Here we go round the mulberry bush (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here we go round the mulberry bush)

A bonnie Hieland Laddie (colour litho)
8635592 A bonnie Hieland Laddie (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A bonnie Hieland Laddie. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

There was an old woman tossed up in a basket (colour litho)
8645425 There was an old woman tossed up in a basket (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was an old woman tossed up in a basket)

A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare (colour litho)
8645423 A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare)

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man (colour litho)
8645409 Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man)

Prima donna (colour litho)
8635665 Prima donna (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prima donna. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Rudyard Kipling: Song of the Red War-Boat (colour litho)
8673760 Rudyard Kipling: Song of the Red War-Boat (colour litho) by Maxwell, Donald (1877-1936) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Song of the Red War-Boat)

Theatre in the Year 2000 (chromolitho)
8677554 Theatre in the Year 2000 (chromolitho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theatre in the Year 2000)

The Dying Year (colour litho)
8674438 The Dying Year (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dying Year)

Queen Victoria's visit to North Wales (engraving)
8677021 Queen Victoria's visit to North Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria's visit to North Wales)

Cadet Rousselle, 19th century (Epinal print)
ELD4833836 Cadet Rousselle, 19th century (Epinal print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anonymous illustration of the song populaire francaise (nursery rhyme)

University students talking, singing and enjoying beer, Marburg, c.1895 (b/w photo)
1142630 University students talking, singing and enjoying beer, Marburg, c.1895 (b/w photo); Underwood Archives/UIG.

Illustration for the song 'Bonjour belle Rosine', 1892 (chromo)
PCT4280392 Illustration for the song 'Bonjour belle Rosine', 1892 (chromo); (add.info.: Illustration for the song " Bonjour belle Rosine" - chromolithography from the Children's)

French revolutionary illustration and words for 'La Marseillaise' 1795
UIG5634385 French revolutionary illustration and words for 'La Marseillaise' 1795.; (add.info.: French revolutionary illustration and words for 'La Marseillaise' 1795)

Christmas Carol, From Christian Joy in Song and Picture by Ludwig Richter
7279083 Christmas Carol, From Christian Joy in Song and Picture by Ludwig Richter; Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas Carol, From Christian Joy in Song and Picture by Ludwig Richter)

Jack and Jill nursery rhyme
7261238 Jack and Jill nursery rhyme.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack and Jill. After a work by an unidentifed artist in a 19th century children's nursery rhyme book)

Music. Opera. Elisabeth in the valley of the Wartburg (Act III). Illustration by Ferdinand Leeke in: Tannhauser
3434040 Music. Opera. Elisabeth in the valley of the Wartburg (Act III). Illustration by Ferdinand Leeke in: Tannhauser, opera by Richard Wagner (1845), Germany, c.1910 (postcard); (add.info.: Opera)

Family group: father with pipe producing much smoke while his wife and children seem to be raising objections
532319 Family group: father with pipe producing much smoke while his wife and children seem to be raising objections. Early 17th century (woodcut from the Roxburghe Ballads)

I wish I could have persuaded you to stop (colour litho)
8677199 I wish I could have persuaded you to stop (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: I wish I could have persuaded you to stop)

The National Anthem at Her Majesty's Theatre, London (engraving)
8676274 The National Anthem at Her Majesty's Theatre, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The National Anthem at Her Majesty's Theatre)

Girofle, Girofla (coloured engraving)
8635214 Girofle, Girofla (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girofle, Girofla)

Le Roi Dagobert (coloured engraving)
8635213 Le Roi Dagobert (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Roi Dagobert)

Humpty Dumpty (litho)
8636066 Humpty Dumpty (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humpty Dumpty. Illustration for Our Darlings (John F Shaw, 1911). Signed: P W.); © Look and Learn

Singers performing in a cafe, Seville (b/w photo)
8672165 Singers performing in a cafe, Seville (b/w photo) by Spanish Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Singers performing in a cafe, Seville, Spain)

Initials from a medieval illuminated manuscript (colour litho)
8626257 Initials from a medieval illuminated manuscript (colour litho) by Italian School, (13th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Initials from a medieval illuminated manuscript)

Neidhart von Reuental, 13th Century German Minnesanger (colour litho)
8626211 Neidhart von Reuental, 13th Century German Minnesanger (colour litho) by German School, (14th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Neidhart von Reuental)

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens (colour litho)
8645434 Three little kittens, they lost their mittens (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Three little kittens, they lost their mittens)

Oranges and lemons (colour litho)
8645432 Oranges and lemons (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oranges and lemons)

Ding, dong, bell, pussy's in the well (colour litho)
8645420 Ding, dong, bell, pussy's in the well (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ding, dong, bell, pussy's in the well)

Twinkle, twinkle, little star (colour litho)
8645415 Twinkle, twinkle, little star (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twinkle, twinkle, little star)

Ring-a-ring-a-roses (colour litho)
8645414 Ring-a-ring-a-roses (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ring-a-ring-a-roses)

Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? (colour litho)
8645413 Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been)

Singing around Christmas tree (engraving)
8667219 Singing around Christmas tree (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Singing around Christmas tree)

Serenade / Serenade (colour litho)
8666166 Serenade / Serenade (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Serenade)

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross (colour litho)
8650889 Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross)

Statuette of a Muse. Polyhymnia
7287256 Statuette of a Muse. Polyhymnia.; Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; (add.info.: Statuette of a Muse. Roman copy of Muses by Philiskos of Rhodes around 169 BC)

Musical entertainment provided in the form of a singing troubadour and children playing a paino (colour litho)
7150669 Musical entertainment provided in the form of a singing troubadour and children playing a paino (colour litho) by Reynolds

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Ballads have long been a cherished form of storytelling, weaving tales that resonate through the ages. From the haunting melodies of "Twa Corbies" to the enchanting journey of "The Lady of Shalott" as she sets out on her boat for Camelot, these ballads transport us to worlds both real and imagined. In an engraving titled "How Lady Blanche Arundel Held Wardour for King Charles, " we witness a moment frozen in time, capturing the bravery and loyalty depicted in this ballad. The image evokes emotions that words alone cannot convey. Another captivating ballad is "Clerk Colvill, " which recounts a tragic love story filled with heartbreak and sacrifice. It reminds us that even amidst turmoil, love can endure against all odds. "The Gardener" is yet another ballad that captivates our imagination, painting vivid scenes of nature's beauty intertwined with human emotions. It serves as a reminder of our connection to the earth and its ability to heal our souls. A hand-coloured engraving titled "The Dublin Smugglers, 1808" brings forth images from a different era—a testament to how ballads capture historical events and preserve them for generations to come. This particular piece transports us back in time, allowing us glimpses into clandestine activities shrouded in mystery. These various depictions highlight the power of ballads—how they transcend time and space while resonating with universal themes such as love, loss, bravery, and adventure. They remind us why these narratives continue to hold sway over our hearts centuries later. Whether it be through music or poetry engraved upon paper like item numbers 3672029 or 3673713 or captured within an illustration like items 3671972 or 3671804—the essence remains unchanged: they can timeless treasures that bridge gaps between cultures and eras alike.