Stringed Gallery

Stringed instruments are musical instruments that produce sound by the vibration of strings, and are among the oldest and most versatile instruments in existence

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

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

Sheet music, violin and pink rose
A violin and bow, with a pink rose and a sheet of music

Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
Renaissance Art. Italy. 15th century. Piero della Francesca (c.1420-1492). Italian painter. The Nativity, 1470-75. Tempera on panel. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Five young boys, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s
Five young boys sitting on steps with their musical instruments, namely an accordion, triangle, tambourine, and a zither which is held by two boys

The Emperor Stradivarius violin
The famous Emperor Stradivarius violin, dating from 1715. It was bought by the violinist and composer Jan Kubelik in 1910 for 10, 000 -- the highest price paid for a violin to that date. "

Fra Angelico (1387-1455). The Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico (1387-1455). Tuscan painter of early Renaissance, part of the Florentine school. The Coronation of the Virgin. 15th Century. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

Christmas card in the shape of a banjo. circa 1890s

Two violins and a viola by Stradivarius
Two violins and a viola by Antonius Stradivarius -- 1717 violin (Hart & Son), 1762 viola (Hart & Son), The Gillot Strad, 1715 (G Haddock). 1875

Agra, India - Sitar player
Agra, India - Lady Sitar player

Harp with yellow flowers on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Banjo with pink flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Two golden harps on a cutout greetings card with a country scene. Date: circa 1890s

Chinese musical instruments
A selection of Chinese musical instruments, including a bell(1), gong, (2), cymbals(4), a guqin or seven-stringed zither(7), a pipa or four-stringed lute (8), Yueqin or moon-shaped lute(11)

Musical cats with flowers on a postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Paganinis violin by Guarnerius
Three views of Paganinis violin by Joseph Guarnerius, 1743, in the Municipal Palace, Genoa, Italy. 1875

Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience
Design by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s

Girl playing instrument
A young Japanese woman with ribboned hair playing a stringed musical instrument, perhaps a version of a lute

George H. Chirgwin know as the White-Eyed Kaffir
George H. Chirgwin (14 December 1854 17 November 1922) was a popular British music hall star billed as " the White-Eyed Kaffir", a black face minstrel act

Kitten with a violin on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional Shamisen
Japanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904

Georgian country folk with musical instruments
Georgia - Georgian country folk with musical instruments including a boy with a thin drum and a woman holding a stringed instrument, similar to a lute

A group of Persian musicians
A group of four Persian musicians playing their instruments. 1818

Marie Hall - Violinist
Marie Hall (1884-1956) - Violinist and pupil of Edward Elgar - gave the 1st performance of Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending in 1920 Date: 1907

Music cover with Scottish harpist
An unidentified music cover depicting a female Scottish harpist wearing a tartan shawl and medieval costume. The emblem at the top contains the Latin words, Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

Persian Psaltery
Ancient Persian stringed instrument similar to the European psaltery

Stringed instrument maker in his workshop
A stringed instrument manufacturer in his workshop, testing the strings of a double bass

Stradivarius / Postcard
ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS or ANTONIO STRADIVARI Italian violin maker of Cremona; he also made other stringed instruments

16th Century Musicians 1
A piper performs with players of three types of stringed instruments - a rebec, a lute and a harp

Cooks Nile Service, Ps Tewfik
An illustrated cover of a passenger list for Cooks Nile Steamer Tewfik -- two Egyptian scenes with people, a sphinx, pyramids and palm trees

The Musicians c1595: Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio (1573-1610) Italian painter. Oil on canvas

Ukrainian Types by Kostyantyn Oleksandrovych Trutovsky
Ukrainian Types - reproduction after a painting by Kostyantyn Oleksandrovych Trutovsky (1826-1893) - a Ukrainian genre painter and illustrator. Date: circa 1880s

Musical frogs on eight Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Jozef Marian Chelmonski (1849-1914). Herdsman, 1897
Jozef Marian Chelmonski (1849-1914). Polish painter. Herdsman, 1897. National Museum Gallery. Krakow, Poland

Gothic Art. Spain. The Virgin and Child. Gothic painting. Anonymous Hispano-Flemish.16th century. Triptych. Central panel. Provincial Museum of Huesca. Aragon

Mycenaean art. Llyre of ivory with decorative carvings at the base that was the sound box. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Clown with banjo on a Victorian scrap
Victorian Scrap - Clown with Banjo -- Our Old Friend. late 19th century

French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz
Sottie du Prince des Sotz (Foolery from the Prince of Fools), by Pierre Gringore (Gringoire). Showing a musician in a red and grey fools costume, standing on one leg and playing the mandolin

'The Virgin, Queen of Heaven'
3785965 'The Virgin, Queen of Heaven' by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: 'The Virgin, Queen of Heaven - Presiding over an Assembly of Saints')

Sudanese Harp (wood)
HSC207100 Sudanese Harp (wood) by African School; Horniman Museum, London, UK; Photo © Heini Schneebeli

Ukrainian Cossack Wedding Party. circa 1898

Scene at the Festival of Fools, Penzance, Cornwall -- a violinist named Wilfred entertains three small children. Date: circa 1970s

Sandor Vegh, Hungarian-French violinist and conductor
Sandor Vegh (1912-1997), Hungarian (later French) violinist and conductor. Seen here taking part in an International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall (which he founded in 1972)

Frog playing a mandolin on a French postcard
Frog dressed in female clothing playing a mandolin or banjo on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Four frogs playing and singing on a greetings postcard
Four frogs playing the violin, conducting and singing on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Three frogs playing music on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Enrique Iniesta Cano (1906-1969) Spanish musician. Monument. Quinta de la Fuente del Berro Park. Madrid. Spain

Statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) as a child pla
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Austrian composer. Sculpture of Mozart child playing the violin by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

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Stringed instruments are musical instruments that produce sound by the vibration of strings, and are among the oldest and most versatile instruments in existence, with a long history of use in many different genres of music. Stringed instruments include guitars, violins, cellos, harps and lutes. Each type of instrument has its own unique sound and playing style. Guitars are one of the most popular stringed instruments today. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from acoustic to electric to classical guitars. Guitars can be used to play a wide range of styles including rock, blues, jazz and country music. The guitar is played by plucking or strumming strings with either the fingers or a pick while pressing down on frets along the neck to change notes and chords. Violins are another popular string instrument that has been around for centuries. Violins have four strings which can be played using a bow or plucked with fingers or picks like guitars do. Violinists often use vibrato technique when playing which adds an expressive quality to their sound as well as creating an emotional connection between player and listener alike. Classical music is often associated with violins but they can also be used for folk music as well as jazz improvisation too.