The sign; the faculty

Prittie, Edwin John (1879-1963)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

1910

Technique / Medium:

pen and ink

Place of creation:

Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

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Description

Magazine caption: This picture needs little comment. Many teachers, through lack of experience, make the great mistake of thinking that in order to impress the public they must make extravagant claims and pretensions. The teacher who does the most and claims the least is the teacher who is most respected, and often the one who builds up the largest clientele. We know of a case in New York City. On one side of a street is a conservatory making claims like those above. The pupils are rarely more than forty in number, and they seldom stay more than a few months. Exactly opposite is a teacher who has simply his name on the door plate. Together with his assistants he teaches nearly one hundred and fifty pupils.

People as subjects

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) (Composer portrait)

Iconclass

48C721
musician at work

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pianoforte [2299]
Banjo [3226]
Guitar [3237]

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Notes

Published in the August 1910 issue of The Etude.

RIdIM record id

4685