Browse Items (8 total)

Silver gelatin copy of unidentified original.

Photo: 23.2 x 18.4 cm
Frame: 25.7 x 21 cm

Ambrotype encased in glass.

Photo: 11.5 x 8.4 cm
Glass plates: 16 x 11.9 cm

Portrait of unidentified group of 4 boys. The boys appear to be sitting on a bench against the wall. They all appear to be wearing a white shirt with a bow tie, jacket…

Chromogenic print from Kodachrome slide.

Photo: 23.7 x 18.5 cm
Photo and board: 30.5 x 25.3 cm

The unknown photographer of this image has captured Roger Quilter with a stony-faced visage, a visual contradiction to various written descriptions…

Sepia toned black and white photograph.

11.2 x 12.1 cm

Danish-born pianist, Karen Holten (1879–1953), was Grainger’s lover for eight years during the time he lived in London.

Black and white photograph.

Photo: 15.5 x 11 cm
Photo and board: 25.3 x 15.1 cm

This portrait depicts a young lady (possibly aged in her 20s or 30s) staring straight into the camera against a grey background. The streaks in her hair, blue eyes…

Silver gelatin print

Percy Grainger close to the end of his life, c.1960

digital print from scanned sheet film.

Looking like a contemporary depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Anthony, the original purpose of this photograph has been lost. Grainger is depicted in silhouette, and the original negative has been…

Digital print from scanned photograph.

Photograph of imprints made in the flesh by Knife and hot keys, 1902