Vanity fair: musicians; 'Albert Hall', Sir Joseph Barnby, November 1, 1894

Ward, Leslie Matthew (1851-1922)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1894
Technique / Medium:
chromolithograph

    Item location

  • Yale Center for British Art
    Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick[Museum inv. no.: B1979.14.487]

  • National Portrait Gallery (London)
    [Museum inv. no.: NPG D44723]

Description

Portrait of Sir Joseph Barnby, organist, composer and conductor of the Royal Choral Society of London, 1871-1896. He is shown conducting from an open score on a music stand in front of him, presumably at Royal Albert Hall. Artist's name "Spy" is at lower left.

People as subjects

Barnby, Joseph (1838-1896) (Musician)

Iconclass

48C723(CONDUCTOR)
portrait of a musician (CONDUCTOR)
61B(JOSEPH BARNBY)
historical person (JOSEPH BARNBY)
48C738
accessories ~ music: music-stand
32A5
caricatures (human types)

RIdIM images


Yale Center for British Art

Image URLs

image link 1
Yale Center for British Art
image link 3
National Portrait Gallery (London)

RIdIM record id

6351