Browse Items (6 total)

Sepia toned black and white photograph.

16.4 x 12.1 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is captured in profile and is wearing a dress with a round neckline.

Sepia toned black and white photograph.

Photo: 23.9 x 18.9 cm
Photo and board: 33.7 x 25.4 cm

This portrait of Percy Grainger depicts him facing the camera. The photograph appears to be printed directly on a mount board.

Silver gelatin print

34.8 x 27.3 cm

Dr Kaare Nygaard (1903-1989) was Percy Grainger’s friend as well as medical doctor and surgeon. Nygaard was also a sculptor, and he made three bronze sculptures of the composer and one life mask. He also…

Silver gelatin print.

Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm

Portrait of Percy Grainger in his later years. He is wearing a pinstripe suit with shirt, tie, vest, jacket and pocket square and is also crossing his arms. The…

Photogravure.

Photo: 19.8 x 10.9 cm
Photo and card: 34.8 x 26.8 cm

Eleonora Duse (1858-1924) was a much-adored star of the Italian stage who also enjoyed international acclaim. She is remembered for her roles in plays by Henrik Ibsen and…

Platinum print.

Photo: 20 x 14.9 cm
Paper: 35.6 x 26.3 cm
Board: 64.1 x 51.1 cm

Czechoslovakian-born Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) had an international reputation as a virtuosic violinist. Later in life he made Edison Phonograph recordings with…