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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.

silver gelatin print.

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


Although taken in a formal studio setting, this photograph was certainly not meant for promotional purposes. Grainger had his portrait taken by Mary Dale Clark on a…

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…

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 gelatin print, 24.5 x 19.4 cm

Frederick Morse was a photographer who lived next door to the Grainger household at 9 Cromwell Place, White Plains, in New York. His wife Tonie Morse became Grainger’s manager in 1925. Grainger initially…

Sepia toned silver gelatin print.

This complex photographic composition captures a fleeting moment of intimacy between Ella Grainger and her husband. Ella’s expression and body language suggest adoration, whereas Percy’s attention is turned…

Ink on paper

21.4 x 14.3 cm

Watercolour, ink and graphite on paper. Illustration of instrument (a modified sewing machine) with handwritten explanations and instructions. 14.2 x 25.7cm
Excerpt from Percy Grainger's daybooks 1944-1960: Thursday 25 October 1951
‘Red Letter day…