Donald F. Tovey and Sophie Weisse
Photograph
1900 (photographed)
1900 (photographed)
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Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial Who's Who of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. Sir Donald Tovey was a musician who began composing at the age of eight, while a piano pupil of Sophie Weisse.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Platinum print |
| Brief description | Portrait of Donald Tovey and Miss Sophie Weisse Portraits of many persons of note photographed by Frederick Hollyer, Vol. 3, platinum print, 1900 |
| Physical description | Half-length portrait of Tovey and Sophie Weisse sitting before a window. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Yours very truly / Sophie Weisse' (Written by hand and signed on piece of paper (cut from a letter) affixed to album page below photograph.) |
| Credit line | Given by Eleanor M. Hollyer |
| Historical context | Tovey began composing at the age of eight, while a piano pupil of Sophie Weisse. He studied Classics in Oxford, became a protege of Austro-Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher Joseph Joachim. |
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| Summary | Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial Who's Who of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. Sir Donald Tovey was a musician who began composing at the age of eight, while a piano pupil of Sophie Weisse. |
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| Accession number | 7874-1938 |
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| Record created | September 9, 2004 |
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