Music Gallery

The Inchcape Rock, 1908, (c1930). Creator: Peter Graham

The Inchcape Rock, 1908, (c1930). Illustration to a ballad of the same name by Robert Southey, published in 1802. A warning bell for shipping had been installed on a dangerous sandstone reef off the east coast of Scotland. Sir Ralph the Rover, a pirate, removed the bell, and later perished when his ship was wrecked on the reef. Painting in the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. From "Modern Masterpieces of British Art". [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London, c1930]

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Come Over Here revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton

Come Over Here revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton. The two performers shown are Jack McArdle and Charles Hart, performing at The London Opera House, Kingsway. When the programme came out for the Second Edition of the revue named a Constellation of International Stars, they were listed under Scotland and U. S. A. respectively.theatre, theatrical, popular, entertainment, stage, play, comedy, comical, music, musical, Date: 1913

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Harry Lauder and his son John, June 1915

Scottish entertainer and music hall comedian, Harry Lauder pictured with his only son, John, in the uniform of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (8th Argyllshire Battalion) in 1915. Harry was an indefatigable recruiter during WW1 and travelled Scotland and northern towns with a pipe band to stimulate recruitment. Cambridge-educated John rejoined his territorial regiment at the outbreak of war. He is pictured in The Sketch with his father along with a report, which does not elaborate, that he has been wounded. John Lauder was killed at Pozieres on the 28 December 1916. Date: 1915

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