Portraits of musicians and composers, ca.1900-1932

PXD 1191

fonds

ca.1900-1932

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Prints, Drawings

909931

13 photographs - 31 x 23 cm. or smaller - silver gelatin
11 photomechanical prints - 33 x 24 cm. or smaller
10 prints - 28.5 x 39.5 cm. (plate mark), or smaller - etching and steel engraving
2 drawings - 43.5 x 36 cm. or smaller - red chalk, ink

7 inscribed photographic portraits: I. J. Paderewski, signed and dated “2/X 1900 Hobart”; Wilhelm Backhaus, signed and dedicated to Mrs Evelyn Grieg, “in pleasant memories of our trip on the “Niagara” and my first visit to Sydney July 1926”; Grace Palotta; Florence Young; Ada [Rear?], 1932; Ella [Priest?], dedicated to Mrs E. Grieg.

6 photographic portraits of Franz Liszt; Kubelik; Mascagni; Paderewski; Edvard Grieg; 1 unidentified studio portrait by Alan Row & Co, Sydney.

11 photomechanical prints - portraits of European composers and musicians, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Wagner, Paganini, Carl Maria von Weber.

9 steel engravings depicting scenes from Shakespeare plays, published by Virtue & Co., London

1 etching of an identified residence; title and signature illegible

1 oval portrait in red chalk, unsigned; probably a copy from a photograph

1 ink sketch by L. Corbett, illustrating a verse from Beethoven’s Waldstein sonata

Out of copyright: Created before 1955 (Photographs)
Copyright restrictions may apply: Drawings

Information transferred from pictures accessions register as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

Provenance not recorded; accession register indicates possibly donated by NSW Conservatorium, without reference to documentation.