Instruments Gallery

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by William McLaren

King Arthur welcomes the Green Knight into the Banqueting Hall and invites him to dismount and eat with the company. Everyone is amazed to see the unexpected visitor, holding a bunch of holly in one hand and a large green axe in the other. The Green Knight turns down Arthur's invitation, instead issuing a challenge, that if anyone there is brave enough to exchange blows with him, he will give them his battleaxe

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Peruvian Quipu

The QUIPU used by the ancient Peruvians to record events, keep accounts. This unattributed illustration comes from the Swedish Magazine Allers Familj Journal, 25th July 1923 issue. The text is in Swedish and translates as "A Peruvian Quipu"

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New bobbed hair conductor for London symphony orchestra. Miss Ethel Leginska

New bobbed hair conductor for London symphony orchestra.
Miss Ethel Leginska, the young woman from Hull with the bobbed hair , conducting the London Symphony Orchestra for the first time at the Queen s Hall.
4 November 1924

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