Bard Collection

Senegal - Griot playing a Kora
Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal

Robert Burns, after a 19th century print (colour litho)
KW371092 Robert Burns, after a 19th century print (colour litho) by Scottish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Burns (1759-96), Scottish poet; ); Ken Welsh; Scottish

Storyteller reciting Viking sagas
Viking bard singing of heroic legends to Northmen. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

William Shakespeare (engraving)
7239653 William Shakespeare (engraving) by Cook, J.W. (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. English poet, playwright, dramatist and actor)

Gorsedh Kernow Bardic ceremony, Launceston Castle, Launceston, Cornwall. 1972
Cornish Bards processing from the entrance to the castle at the Cornish Gorsedh. Denis Trevanion (Trevanyon) was the Grand Bard at the time this photograph was taken. Photographer: Charles Woolf

Postcard commemorating the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn), published by Hugh Evans & Sons, Liverpool
5911507 Postcard commemorating the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn), published by Hugh Evans & Sons, Liverpool, 1917 (colour litho) by Edwards

A Bard singing to Ancient Britons
A Bard singing his poetry for the Britons around the campfire. These soldiers would be fighting their rivals in battle the next day... Date: circa 43 AD

Gorsedh Kernow 1933 ALB93_05_155
ST MICHAELs CHAPEL, ROCHE ROCK, ROCHE, CORNWALL. General view of the ceremony of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at St Michaels Chapel, Roche Rock

Gorsedh Kernow 1933 ALB93_05_151
ST MICHAELs CHAPEL, ROCHE ROCK, ROCHE, CORNWALL. Crowds gathered to watch the ceremony of the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at St Michaels Chapel at Roche Rock

Gorsedh Kernow 1936 ALB93_05_168
CASTLE KILLIBURY CAMP, EGLOSHAYLE, CORNWALL. Bards processing away from the Circle during the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at Castle Killibury

Gorsedh Kernow 1936 ALB93_05_165
CASTLE KILLIBURY CAMP, EGLOSHAYLE, CORNWALL. Bards processing to the Circle as part of the ceremony during the Cornish Gorsedd (Gorsedh Kernow) at Castle Killibury

Curious Toucan
Yun Gong

But it was only young from next door, larking with the bust out of the library; and it being the fashion to make fun of dear old Shakespeare just now, the joke took immensely. Date: 1864

William Shakespeare, c. 1800-03 (tempera on canvas)
MAN62919 William Shakespeare, c.1800-03 (tempera on canvas) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 41x79.5 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

The Bard, 1784. Creators: John Hall, Samuel Middiman
The Bard, 1784

Summer wanderer
Jaeyoun Ryu

British Bard and an Ovate, Druidic priests, of the pre-Roman era, 1821 (engraving)
7234685 British Bard and an Ovate, Druidic priests, of the pre-Roman era, 1821 (engraving) by Smith, Charles Hamilton (1776-1859) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Bard and an Ovate)

Meeting of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh (litho)
7202556 Meeting of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh (litho) by Hardie, Charles Martin (1858-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Irish ollamh and an heraldic bard, pre-Roman era. 1821 (engraving)
7234687 Irish ollamh and an heraldic bard, pre-Roman era. 1821 (engraving) by Smith, Charles Hamilton (1776-1859) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bard Barritt Saracens Saracens V South Africa Wembley, London, England 17 November 2009 SARACENS V SOUTH AFRICA Date: 17 November 2009

"I will be true, despite thy scythe and thee"from "Defiance to Time in The Songs
7214654 " I will be true, despite thy scythe and thee" from " Defiance to Time in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson

"Hark, hark! The lark at heavens gate sings, and Phoebus "gins arise"frontispiece from "Reveillez
7214646 " Hark, hark! The lark at heavens gate sings, and Phoebus " gins arise" frontispiece from " Reveillez in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson

Le barde russe Boyan jouant des gousli (gusli, housli, husli) au 11eme siecle
FIA5380549 Le barde russe Boyan jouant des gousli (gusli, housli, husli) au 11eme siecle. Peinture de Nicolas (Nicholas) Roerich (1874-1947), tempera sur toile, 1910

"Tearing of papers, breaking rings a-twain"from "A Lovers Complaint in The Songs
7214657 " Tearing of papers, breaking rings a-twain" from " A Lovers Complaint in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson

"Exegi Monumentum"in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915
7214652 " Exegi Monumentum" in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson, Charles (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Barde; Bard (engraving)
7194841 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Barde; Bard (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barde; Bard)

Ossian reciting the battles of his country (engraving)
7150834 Ossian reciting the battles of his country (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Scottish bard Ossian reciting the battles of his country)

Decorating the bard (litho)
7151482 Decorating the bard (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Decorating the bard. Illustration for Cassells Family Magazine, 1887.); © Look and Learn

"She burn d with love, as straw with fire flameth, she burn d out love
7214656 " She burn d with love, as straw with fire flameth, she burn d out love, as soon as straw out-burneth" from " Fair and False in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare

"My mistress brows are raven black"from "Of His Lady Love in The Songs
7214655 " My mistress brows are raven black" from " Of His Lady Love in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson

"In the court of love"from "Soul and Body in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare
7214651 " In the court of love" from " Soul and Body in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare by Robinson

"The Longing the Cannot be Uttered (aka The Blossom) in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915
7214647 " The Longing the Cannot be Uttered (aka The Blossom) in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson

"Some glory in their birth"from "All things in Love in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare
7214653 " Some glory in their birth" from " All things in Love in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare by Robinson

"Mark how one string, sweet husband to another, strikes each by each by mutual ordering"from "Harmony
7214650 " Mark how one string, sweet husband to another, strikes each by each by mutual ordering" from " Harmony and Melody in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare

"This fair child of mine"frontispiece from "A Revival - When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow in The
7214649 " This fair child of mine" frontispiece from " A Revival - When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1915 by Robinson

"These lovers cry Oh! Oh! They die!"from "Winter in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare
7214648 " These lovers cry Oh! Oh! They die!" from " Winter in The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare by Robinson

Boyan jouant du gousli (gusli, housli, husli) au 11eme siecle (Boyan playing gusli)
FIA5352929 Boyan jouant du gousli (gusli, housli, husli) au 11eme siecle (Boyan playing gusli) - Oeuvre de Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926), huile sur carton, 1880, art russe

Ode: "Bards of passion and of mirth", 1887. Creator: Will H. Low
Ode: " Bards of passion and of mirth", 1887

The Bard, 1809 (oil on canvas)
652118 The Bard, 1809 (oil on canvas) by West, Benjamin (1738-1820); 243.8x182.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bard. Benjamin West (1738-1820). Oil on canvas. Dated 1809. 243.8 x 182.8cm

How Oswald sang that night he knew not (engraving)
3634730 How Oswald sang that night he knew not (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How Oswald sang that night he knew not)

Romeo & Juliet (chromolitho)
3643399 Romeo & Juliet (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Romeo & Juliet. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Florizel & Perdita (chromolitho)
3643398 Florizel & Perdita (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Florizel & Perdita. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Caedmon singing before the Abbess Hilda (lithograph)
5999302 Caedmon singing before the Abbess Hilda (lithograph) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caedmon singing before the Abbess Hilda)

The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice (engraving)
1055660 The Parnell Commission at the Royal Courts of Justice (engraving) by Hall, Sydney Prior (1842-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Bard (engraving)
670655 The Bard (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bard. Illustration for Stories selected from the History of England (John Murray, 1854)

The Bard before the Baron (engraving)
655735 The Bard before the Baron (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bard before the Baron)

The song of the bard, ancient Germany (chromolitho)
1093288 The song of the bard, ancient Germany (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The song of the bard, ancient Germany)

A Poor Beggars Daughter, song illustration from Pan-Pipes
DGC452015 A Poor Beggars Daughter, song illustration from Pan-Pipes, A Book of Old Songs, Newly Arranged and with Accompaniments by Theo

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In the vibrant land of Senegal, a Griot skillfully strums his Kora, weaving melodic tales that transport listeners to distant realms. His voice resonates with the wisdom of generations past, echoing the rich traditions of storytelling. Across vast oceans, a storyteller recites Viking sagas in a mesmerizing cadence. With each word spoken, ancient warriors come alive and epic battles unfold before our eyes. The power of these stories transcends time and connects us to our ancestral roots. In an engraving from centuries ago, we see William Shakespeare immortalized. His quill dances across parchment as he gives birth to timeless characters and unforgettable narratives. His words have become the cornerstone of literature, inspiring countless souls throughout history. Robert Burns emerges from a 19th-century print in vivid colors. A Scottish Bard whose verses capture love's ecstasy and life's struggles with equal fervor. Through his poetry, he paints poignant pictures that resonate deeply within our hearts. Amidst Cornish Gorsedd at St Just stands the Sword of Arthur - symbolizing bravery and chivalry passed down through generations. Here bards gather to celebrate their heritage and honor their ancestors' legacy through poetic expression. A curious Toucan flutters nearby; its colorful feathers mirroring the vibrancy found within bardic traditions worldwide. Even this playful creature recognizes the importance of preserving cultural heritage for future generations. But one day in 1864, mischief was afoot when young neighbors decided to lark around with Shakespeare's bust from the library. In an era where mocking dear old Will had become fashionable, laughter filled the air as they played their prank on this literary icon. Fast forward to 1972 at Launceston Castle during Gorsedh Kernow Bardic ceremony – bards unite once more under Cornwall's sky. Their voices rise harmoniously amidst ancient stones as they pay homage to their Celtic roots through music and verse.