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Eleonora Duse
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…
Percy Grainger
Platinum print, hand-made paper.
Photo and paper: 37.8 x 26.2 cm
Helen Lohmann studied the violin but after a hand injury, turned to photography. The legendary Italian actress Eleanora Duse mentored Lohmann, and the…
Margot Harrison
Photo and frame: 34.2 x 26.2 cm
In 1913 Grainger's then fiancée Margot Harrison ordered a very expensive present for her lover: a portrait of herself by H Walter Barnett. Despite his humble beginnings in…
Jan Kubelik
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…
Joseph Taylor
Silver gelatin print.
Photo: 14.5 x 9.7 cm
Photo and board: 30.2 x 24.7 cm
Joseph Taylor of Saxby-All-Saints, North Lincolnshire, was a bailiff on a large estate in the latter part of his life. He was also a traditional folksinger. In the year…
Karen Holten
Sepia toned black and white photograph.
Danish-born pianist, Karen Holten (1879–1953), was Grainger's lover for eight years during the time he lived in London.
Photo: 21.1 x 16 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…
Unidentified Edwardian woman
platinum (or palladium) print,
The Grainger Museum Archive contains hundreds of photographs of unidentified people. Some are very elaborate and sophisticated images like this Edwardian lady…
Photos of Rose and Percy Grainger in the USA (No.13 Rose and Percy Grainger)
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…
Percy Grainger with dog
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…
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