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ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. An important signed and inscribed 7.5 x 10 presentation photograph by Elgar, the image showing him in a formal semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by J. Russell & Sons of London. Boldly signed and inscribed in ink to the lower photographer's mount to Hans Richter, 'To Dr. Hans Richter, with deepest reverence & loving regard, from Edward Elgar' and dated Birmingham, 1900 in his hand. An exceptional signed portrait with superb association. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the left edge and with some very minor, light age wear to the photographer's mount, about VG
Hans Richter (1843-1916) Austrian Conductor. An admirer of Elgar's work, Richter conducted the first performance of the composer's The Dream of Geronitus in Birmingham Town Hall as part of the Birmingham Music Festival on 3rd October 1900. Elgar presented Richter with this signed photograph in memory of the occasion.
The photograph was given by Richter's son, Edgar, to the present vendor's father when he stayed with the Richter's in Bayreuth in 1934. |
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| Autograph Auction
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| Radisson Edwardian Hotel Heathrow |
| 13 February 2010 |
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