I just added the following to the Alto Trombone History Timeline. I will also be adding it to the Trombone History Timeline, collection of angel-trombonists, and map of trombone iconography. 16th century—Toledo, Spain: A fresco located in the courtyard called…
Trombone Images
Trombone Iconography: Trombone & Organ in 17th Century Austria
I added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline (17th century, 2nd half) and to the collections, Perching on the Pipes: Trombone & Organ Images and Angel Trombonists throughout History: 100 Images. I will soon be adding it to the Interactive Map of…
Trombone in Valtice Castle Chapel
Below is a new image and caption that I added to the Trombone History Timeline (18th century). You can also see it in my collection of more than 100 angel trombonists, Angel Trombonists throughout History, and in the Google map plotting…
The Life of an Early Trombone Painting
Throughout art history, you can occasionally find multiple versions of the same image. Sometimes the versions are from the same artist (e.g., preparatory sketches), sometimes they are by other artists in other media (e.g., from a painting to an engraving),…
New Trombone Image from Prague
Today I added the below image and caption to the Trombone History Timeline, 17th Century (1626-1650). I also plotted it in the Iconography Map, where there is now a nice little cluster of 4 historical trombone images in Prague. c….
Iconography updates
Because of the amount of info I have been posting about iconography, I have finally added iconography as a separate menu item on the site. Included there is a link to the Trombone History Timeline (which has more than…
Trombone Iconography: 15 New Images
I recently added 15 images to the Trombone History Timeline. First of all, more than half in this batch were found by others: many thanks to Matthew Manchester, Bruce Dickey, Maximilien Brisson, and Iris Tjoonk! One of the common themes in this group of images,…
Four Trombone Paintings in Genova Church
Special thanks to Catalina Vicens for discovering 3 of the 4 paintings below and for allowing me to use her photographs in the Trombone History Timeline! You can find the entry shown below in historical context here. I will also be including…
2 Trombone Sculptures in Germany
I recently discovered an outdoor sculpture that includes a trombone and included it in the Trombone History Timeline (20th century). See 1979, below; special thanks to Berthold Huss. The other outdoor trombone sculpture that comes to mind is also from Germany (see 1989,…
Scary Clown Band with Trombone
The below image and caption were just added to the Trombone History Timeline (20th century). 1909—Seattle, Washington: A postcard features a clown band at Luna Park, an amusement park in Seattle from 1907 to 1913. The postcard is labeled “LA….