Reciting Collection

Dilettanti Theatricals, or A Peep at the Green Room, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1803
NCO189740 Dilettanti Theatricals, or A Peep at the Green Room, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1803 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

Reciting Poetry in a Garden, Iran, first quarter 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Reciting Poetry in a Garden, Iran, first quarter 17th century

Homer / Phillipoteaux
HOMER Blind Greek poet singing to sailors

Guests celebrating a marriage in Ancient Greece, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900
3432456 Guests celebrating a marriage in Ancient Greece, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info.: Guests celebrating a marriage in Ancient Greece)

Zorastrian High Priest reciting before the sacred fire. Zorastrians are a remnant of the ancient Iranian
535757 Zorastrian High Priest reciting before the sacred fire. Zorastrians are a remnant of the ancient Iranian fire-worshippers who followed the system of belief founded by Zoraster (c628 BC-c551 BC)

"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol,...by G. F. Folingsby..., 1864
"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress' to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

Messrs Cope's Christmas entertainment to their workpeople at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1864. 'Mr. J. C. Cowper, the tragedian, recited, with great taste and feeling

Sukadeva Reciting the Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord)... between 1750 and 1775. Creator: Unknown
Sukadeva Reciting the Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord) to Savant Singh (Reigned 1748-1757), between 1750 and 1775

"...dussent-ils me maudire...", 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier. "...dussent-ils me maudire..."
"...dussent-ils me maudire...", 1844. "...dussent-ils me maudire..." "Ces barbares parens qui m'ont donne le jour" " Victor, o mon ame, a toi tout mon amour

Le mercure de France, c. 1780. Creator: Heinrich Guttenberg
Le mercure de France, c. 1780

Valmiki Reciting the Ramayana to His Pupil Bharadvaja... between c1700 and c1710. Creator: Unknown
Valmiki Reciting the Ramayana to His Pupil Bharadvaja, Folio from the "Shangri" Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), between c1700 and c1710

Actress during rehearsals for a show
3568412 Actress during rehearsals for a show by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: 1955-1965 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Actress during a show
3568411 Actress during a show by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: 1965-1975 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

SCHILLER RECITING
SCHILLER AND HIS FRIENDS (1750 - 1805), The poet recites Die Rauber to a group of admiring friends, 1780

Minstrel, a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical
Illustration of a Minstrel, a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility

Moses reciting the Law (engraving)
5218326 Moses reciting the Law (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moses reciting the Law)

Boy reciting his letters (engraving)
5227015 Boy reciting his letters (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy reciting his letters)

Vespasien sleeping with Nero claims his own verses (engraving)
3625704 Vespasien sleeping with Nero claims his own verses (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vespasien endormi pendant que Neron recite ses propres vers)

The Happy Age: at Romainville (colour litho)
6031101 The Happy Age: at Romainville (colour litho) by Balluriau, Paul (1860-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Happy Age: at Romainville)

Exhibition in Aid of the Egyptian War Fund at Humphreys Hall, Knightsbridge (engraving)
1624244 Exhibition in Aid of the Egyptian War Fund at Humphreys Hall, Knightsbridge (engraving) by Courbould, Alfred (fl.1831-75); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cambridge Illustrated (engraving)
1046403 Cambridge Illustrated (engraving) by Brewer, Henry William (fl.1858-d.1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cambridge Illustrated)

The National Eisteddfod, Mr Lewis Morris reciting his Ode before the Royal Party (litho)
1047951 The National Eisteddfod, Mr Lewis Morris reciting his Ode before the Royal Party (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The National Eisteddfod)

Horace reciting his odes before Augustus and Maecenas (chromolitho)
1093307 Horace reciting his odes before Augustus and Maecenas (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horace reciting his odes before Augustus and Maecenas)

Shakespeare with his family at Stratford on Avon, reciting the tragedy of Hamlet (engraving)
815387 Shakespeare with his family at Stratford on Avon, reciting the tragedy of Hamlet (engraving) by Hamman, Edouard Jean Conrad (1819-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

French actor Louis Arsene Delaunay reciting Jules Clareties poem A Trianon at the Theatre de Marie Antoinette at
3098475 French actor Louis Arsene Delaunay reciting Jules Clareties poem A Trianon at the Theatre de Marie Antoinette at the Petit Trianon, Versailles (litho) by Myrbach-Rheinfeld

Albert Craig, the so-called Surrey Poet (1859-1909) a popular character who composed poems which he recited at football and cricket matches, afterwards selling printed sheets of his verse to crowd

The Weimar Court of the Muses: German poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller reading at Schloss Tiefurt
5208084 The Weimar Court of the Muses: German poet and playwright Friedrich Schiller reading at Schloss Tiefurt, with Christoph Martin Wieland

Tennyson Reading Maud, 1855 (pen & ink and w / c on paper)
BIR107263 Tennyson Reading Maud, 1855 (pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; (add.info.: Tennyson (1809-92); English

Homer singing his Verses to the Greeks, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797
NCO193102 Homer singing his Verses to the Greeks, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1797 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Virgil, Horace and Varius at the House of Maecenas (gravure)
969233 Virgil, Horace and Varius at the House of Maecenas (gravure) by Jalabert, Charles Francois (1819-1901) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Virgil)

Octavia overcomme by Virgils verses (gravure)
969232 Octavia overcomme by Virgils verses (gravure) by Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Octavia overcomme by Virgils verses)

A young man of letters (chromolitho)
972167 A young man of letters (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A young man of letters. Educational card.); © Look and Learn

The Columbus Celebrations at Palos, Spain (engraving)
1603706 The Columbus Celebrations at Palos, Spain (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Columbus Celebrations at Palos, Spain)

Albanian Soldier and Rhapsodos (Rhapsode or Bard, performer of epic poetry). 1832

The telling of one of the Decameron stories (colour litho)
977845 The telling of one of the Decameron stories (colour litho) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Burns Celebrations in Scotland (engraving)
2771847 The Burns Celebrations in Scotland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Burns Celebrations in Scotland)

Marco Polo dictating his memoirs in prison to Rustichello of Pisa
TRV230428 Marco Polo dictating his memoirs in prison to Rustichello of Pisa, title page of volume 2 of The Book of Marco Polo the Venetian Concerning the Kingdoms of the East

The Cafe Florian in the 18th Century, 1914 (oil on canvas)
ALG173083 The Cafe Florian in the 18th Century, 1914 (oil on canvas) by Milesi, Alessandro (1856-1945); 90x125 cm; Museo Civico Rivoltello, Trieste

Scene of life in Ancient Rome (litho)
5997062 Scene of life in Ancient Rome (litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene of life in Ancient Rome)

The Knights Farewell, 1858 (pen and ink on paper)
AMO101406 The Knights Farewell, 1858 (pen and ink on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); 15.9x19.1 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; eAshmolean Museum; English

Dante reading from the Divine Comedy (tempera on panel) (detail of 42355)
VLS64923 Dante reading from the Divine Comedy (tempera on panel) (detail of 42355) by Domenico di Michelino, (1417-91); Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; eGiuliano Valsecchi; Italian, out of copyright

Study of Profiles and an Orator (collage on paper)
XKH141664 Study of Profiles and an Orator (collage on paper) by Runge, Philipp Otto (1777-1810); 32x25.2 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

Giovanni Boccaccio reciting Dantes Divine Comedy to the people of Florence, 14th Century (engraving)
3647364 Giovanni Boccaccio reciting Dantes Divine Comedy to the people of Florence, 14th Century (engraving) by Vogel, Hermann (1856-1918); Private Collection; (add.info)

Martin Luther introduces the Catechism to schoolchildren (engraving)
3647727 Martin Luther introduces the Catechism to schoolchildren (engraving) by Konig, Gustav Ferdinand Leopold (1808-69); Private Collection; (add.info)

La Priere Musulmane (engraving)
2789186 La Priere Musulmane (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Priere Musulmane. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 2 April 1894)

A Bard reciting to Northmen, c. 1882 (wood engraving)
DGC437464 A Bard reciting to Northmen, c.1882 (wood engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures; French, out of copyright

Nun Saying her Rosary, 1910 (w / c on paper)
HJA321578 Nun Saying her Rosary, 1910 (w/c on paper) by Stiebel, Helen M. (fl.1910); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

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"From Dilettanti Theatricals to Germanic Bards: A Journey through the Art of Reciting" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the captivating world of reciting. In 1803, Hannah Humphrey published "Dilettanti Theatricals, or A Peep at the Green Room, " offering a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes magic of theater. Fast forward to the first quarter of the 17th century in Iran, where an unknown creator captured a mesmerizing moment of "Reciting Poetry in a Garden. " Recitation has always held immense power, as depicted by Homer and Phillipoteaux's portrayal of Schiller reciting his masterpieces. Even Pope Urban VI utilized recitation to encourage torture, showcasing its ability to influence even the darkest corners of history. Traveling further back, we encounter medieval minstrels who enchanted noble audiences with their lyrical poetry accompanied by music. Witness Moses himself reciting the Law in an awe-inspiring engraving that echoes with divine authority. But it is not only great figures who engage in this art form; even young boys find joy and pride while diligently reciting their letters. And let us not forget Vespasien sleeping beside Nero as he claims ownership over his own verses – a testament to how deeply ingrained this practice was within society. Intrigue takes hold when Zobeide discovers a young man passionately reciting from the Koran – reminding us that sacred texts have long been shared through spoken word. Finally, we arrive at "The Happy Age: at Romainville, " portrayed vividly through color lithography, capturing moments where people gather together under nature's embrace for communal recitations. Through these diverse glimpses into history and culture, one thing remains constant: our innate human desire to express ourselves through words brought alive by passionate voices.