PIANO / Wood engraving by Frank H Wellington 1858-1911 after Harry Signed

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Wood engraving by Frank H. Wellington (1858-1911) after Harry Townsend (1879-1941) of a young woman playing a white-lacquered Dolmetsch-Chickering clavichord
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Wood engraving by Frank H. Wellington (1858-1911) after Harry Townsend (1879-1941) of a young woman playing a white-lacquered Dolmetsch-Chickering clavichord
Description:
264 x 224 mm. + wide margins. Signed in the plate by both the engraver and the artist and also signed with the engraver's initials in pencil just below the impression at lower right. Printed on coated wove paper. A fine impression.
With two small handstamps of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh with manuscript address below (Lugt 433).
The subject of the present engraving is Bessie Abbott, the original owner of the instrument identified as Clavichord No. 33 in the original log of these instruments, sold to her in October of 1909. The instrument was extensively rebuilt in 1944 by John Challis.
Wellington was a New York illustrator and miniaturist.
We would like to thank both Laurence Libin and Richard Troeger for their kind assistance in the cataloguing of this item.
Seller ID:
29831
Subject:
Art & Photographs
J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians
The firm of J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians, established in 1977 by John and Jude Lubrano, has come to be recognized as one of the leading international antiquarian dealers in the specialties of Music and Dance.
Items handled by the company include autograph musical manuscripts and letters of composers; rare printed music; and rare books, prints, drawings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to music and dance, all dating from the 15
th
through the 21
st
centuries. The firm has issued over 80 catalogues and numerous lists over its more than 40 years in business.
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