The Art of Performance
Music & Song
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71 William Hogarth
A Chorus of Singers, 1732/mid-19th century. Etching, 18 x 16cm.
Issued as subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation", it portrays a rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith written by William Huggins. Paulson #127.
 $330
72 Sir Frederick Leighton
Pastorale, 1867. Etching, signed in the plate, 19 x 10.7cm.
 $660
73 Monte Luke
O Sole Mio, 1922. Photograph, bromoil, titled and signed in margin below, 24.8 x 34.8cm. Studio mount.
Image exhibited in London salon in 1922, and in Canada and Batavia in 1923.
 $2,200
74 E.B.N.
Eduard Strauss, 1895. Colour lithograph, initialled in the plate lower right, 31.8 x 18.8cm.
Published in Vanity Fair, August 29, 1895. Son of Johann Strauss, brother of Johann Strauss II and Josef, Eduard composed over 295 pieces but is also remembered for burning the entire Strauss family orchestra library and original Mss in 1906.
 $330
75 M.A. Royds
(The Musicians), c.1920s. Colour woodcut, signed lower left, 19.7 x 24.5cm.
 $440
76 D.H. Souter
Tindall Playing the Clarionette (sic), c.1900. Pencil drawing, 15 x 9.8cm.
Inscribed "Comic drawing of Tindall playing Clarionette (sic) by D.H. Souter" in another, contemporary hand.
 $1,100
77 Spy
Sir Julius Benedict, 1873. Colour lithograph, signed in the plate, 30.5 x 18.8cm.
Born in Germany, Benedict moved to England where he became famous as a composer of concert and chamber music.
 $330