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platinum (or palladium) print,

Photo: 19.3 x 13.7 cm
Photo and frame: 30.1 x 22.3 cm

The Grainger Museum Archive contains hundreds of photographs of unidentified people. Some are very elaborate and sophisticated images like this Edwardian lady…

Mezzotinto photogravure

13.4 x 8.5 cm

This portrait shows the side profile of Percy Grainger. He is wearing a black suit and shirt with a rounded collar.

Black and white photograph.

Photo: 19.2 x 13.5 cm
Photo and board: 30.2 x 22.5 cm

Portrait of a young Percy Grainer dressed in a dark suit and wearing a white shirt with a rounded collar. The photograph has been mounted onto board and…

Still life of a Japanese bowl with peaches at its base. Painting has an ornate gold frame. The painting was acquired by Percy Grainger, and subsequently donated to the Grainger Museum for display.

In 1905 Grainger presented his first Royal Command Performance before Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace, London. Performances for European royalty soon followed, including the King and Queen of Denmark in Copenhagen in 1905, and the King and Queen…

During his years living in the United States, Grainger performed for three presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt. Grainger received this memento from the First Lady of the United States in recognition of his performance…

Grainger was the first pianist of international renown to perform at a moving picture theatre. The Capitol Theatre in New York, where Grainger played in 1921, was the largest cinema in the world at the time. Between 17 and 23 April, Grainger played…