Portrait of Roger Quilter in a black suit and bow tie
Dublin Core
Title
Portrait of Roger Quilter in a black suit and bow tie
Subject
Description
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 of this composer of English art songs. Described as ‘a man of extraordinary generosity and gentleness of spirit’ by Grainger’s biographer John Bird, Grainger had great affection for him and, as he did with Cyril Scott, wrote to him almost weekly.
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 of this composer of English art songs. Described as ‘a man of extraordinary generosity and gentleness of spirit’ by Grainger’s biographer John Bird, Grainger had great affection for him and, as he did with Cyril Scott, wrote to him almost weekly.
Creator
Date
Late 1940s.
Type
Identifier
17.0048