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Madame Norman Neruda. (Lady Hallé).
Madame Norman Neruda. (Lady Hallé). [Facsimile signature:] Wilma Hallé. (Norman Neruda).
Walery, Photographer to the Queen.
164, Regent Street, London. [Published by Sampson Low & Co. May 1889.]
Photograph on card mount. Card size: 400 x 292mm. (16 x 11½").
Wilma Neruda, Lady Hallé, originally Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda (1838 - 1911) was a famous violinist who came from a family long famous for musical talent. She studied with Professor Leopold Jansa (1795-1875), and made her first public appearance as a violinist in Vienna at the age of seven, playing one of Bach's Violin Sonatas. Between 1888 and 1896 the firm of Walery issued a remarkable series of portraits entitled 'Our Celebrities' which were published as a monthly issues by the publisher Sampson, Low & Co., together with biographical text on the subjects. The part works subsequently became available as bound volumes.
W: 1484. NPG: x9139.
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Professor Huxley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
Professor Huxley, L.L.D. F.R.S. [Facsimile signature:] Thomas H Huxley.
Walery, Photographer to the Queen.
164, Regent Street, London. [Published by Sampson Low & Co. May 1889.]
Carbon print, photograph on card mount. 406 x 292mm. 16 x 11½". Slight damage to card mount.
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was an English biologist, known as 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. A key figure in Victorian scientific life, he made important discoveries in several branches of biology. He also coined the word ''agnostic'' in 1869.
W: 1484. NPG: x9139.
[Ref: 23292]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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Professor Huxley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
Professor Huxley, L.L.D. F.R.S. [Facsimile signature:] Thomas H Huxley.
Walery, Photographer to the Queen.
164, Regent Street, London. [Published by Sampson Low & Co. May 1889.]
Photograph on card mount with four acommpanying letterpress sheets. Card size: 406 x 292mm. (16 x 11½"). Slight damage to card mount.
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) was an English biologist, known as 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. He was a biologist and science educationist. As a key figure in Victorian scientific life, he made important discoveries in several branches of biology. Between 1888 and 1896 the firm of Walery issued a remarkable series of portraits entitled 'Our Celebrities' which were published as a monthly issues by the publisher Sampson, Low & Co., together with biographical text (four pages of letterpress accompanying the portrait) on the subjects. The part works subsequently became available as bound volumes.
W: 1484. NPG: x9139.
[Ref: 33589]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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