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Silver gelatin prints.

25.3 x 16.8

This portrait depicts Ella Grainger with her head tilted downwards. She appears to be wearing a white dress.

Sepia toned black and white photograph.

Photo: 23 x 13.4 cm
Paper: 24 x 13.8 cm

Portrait a young Percy Grainger wearing a cravat and a double breasted coat. He appears to be leaning against a piano. The photograph has been mounted on 2…

Black and white photograph.

13.5 x 8.6 cm

This portrait depicts the young Percy Grainger. The back of the print appears to be similar to that of a postcard. There is an inscription in the middle that reads: Breitkopt & Härtel, 44 Great…

Ambrotype, paper binding

30.6 x 25.3 cm

This photograph is an ambrotype, a process only used widely for a short time between approximately 1855 and 1865, which places this image of unidentified boys quite early in the history of photography.…

silver gelatin print, 23.3 x 15.4 cm

This elegant studio double portrait of Percy and Rose is unorthodox in the way the composition crops out the object of their avid attention, however it successfully documents the legendary closeness between…

Silver gelatine prints.

Photo 1: 12.1 x 8.7 cm
Photo 2: 12.7 x 28.9 cm
Photo and wallet (closed): 14 x 11 cm
Photo and wallet (opened): 22.8 cm

P.G. initials are embossed in gold on the front of the wallet. 'Cross' is also embossed along the…

Printing-out paper print. Photo: 14.3 x 10.1; Photo and board: 16.4 x 10.8

The photograph is mounted on board from the photography studio. An inscription on the mounting board, written by Percy Grainger in red ink, reads "PG Sent by Mididney, May…

Printed post card.

13.9 x 8.9 cm

Percy Grainger's portrait and information about his concert is printed in the form of a postcard.

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…

Silver gelatin print (annotations on negative by Percy Grainger), 10 x 15.5 cm

According to the inscriptions on the top and bottom of the photograph, this image depicts Percy Grainger scoring ballads in his dining room at Springfield Apartments.…