Illustrations from The Illustrated London News, Vol. LVI (1870).
This was a popular weekly newspaper in London, with huge numbers of engravings. Because of the printing processes and relatively low paper quality the engravings are not always very clear.
There is an index online at iln.org for 1870.
Title: Illustrated London News Vol 56
Editor: Leighton, George C.
City: London
Date: 1870
Total items: 34
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Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: S.—Castanets
Castanets, a Spanish musical instrument. [more...]
[$]The collection of living pheasants belonging to the Zoological Society of London has just been enriched by the arrival of fine examples of the males of two new species. At the meeting of the society, on Thursday 24th ult. [i.e. March 1870], Mr. Sclater read a paper concerning these remarkable [...] [more...]
Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: E.—Quinterna, of Chiterna
The quinterna, or chiterna, made at Hamburg in 1539, is ornamented with tortoise-shell, ivory figures, and precious stones; it has ten strings of cat-gut.” (p. 368) [more...]
[$]Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: F.—Guitar
“[F] is an Italian Guitar of the sixteenth century, which seems to have been mounted with five sets of strings, fouor sets having three strings each, and one set having four strings, each set tuned in unison; the wood is inlaid [...] [more...]
[$]Musical Instruments at the South Kensington Museum: C.—Dulcimer
“The dulcimer is Italian, with twenty-six sets of metal strings, to be played with two little hammers.” (p. 368)
[$]Illustrations from The Illustrated London News, Vol. LVI (1870).
This was a popular weekly newspaper in London, with huge numbers of engravings. Because of the printing processes and relatively low paper quality the engravings are not always very clear.
There is an index online at iln.org for 1870.
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