Antonín Dvořák
Basic information
Inventory/acquisition number:
F 2335
Author:
Owner:
Name:
Antonín Dvořák
Detailed information
Description:
Photographic head-and-shoulders portrait of Antonín Dvořák, left half profile. Full beard, hair combed back. Dark patterned woven suit with dark waistcoat and a lighter-coloured broad stock tie with decorative pin, white shirt with stand-up collar.
Handwritten annotations:
In pen, along the bottom edge of the photograph (in Czech): “A portrait my brother Ant. gave me before leaving for America Jos. Dvořák”.
Note:
With the exception of the substantially retouched pupils, extremely pale emulsion, partly abraded.
Henry Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra were official photographers of the Crystal Palace Company, with a studio at Crystal Palace, although their work was largely focused on the manufacture of optical instruments.
Henry Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra were official photographers of the Crystal Palace Company, with a studio at Crystal Palace, although their work was largely focused on the manufacture of optical instruments.
Positive/negative:
Positive
Original/copy:
Original
Type:
Photograph
Authors:
Professional photographer
Portrait type:
Headshot
Signature/Other evidence:
č. př. 66/61
Material:
photograph on cardboard
Studio location:
Crystal Palace, London
Place where the photograph was taken:
London
Photograph dimensions:
147 x 104 mm
Dimensions inclusive of margins:
168 x 107 mm
Date
Date of creation:
1884?
Note:
evidently in connection with Antonín Dvořák's first trip to England
Specified by the editor:
1884?
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