print
- Museum number
- 1944,1014.380
- Title
- Object: M. Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Description
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Portrait of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer in old age; three-quarter length, standing to front, with head turned to look to right, smiling, his right hand resting on chair back; wearing ring, double-breasted coat fastened with two buttons, and dark neckerchief; after a photograph by Mayall.
Engraving on steel
- Production date
- 1850-1864
- Dimensions
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Height: 340 millimetres
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Width: 250 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1944
- Acquisition notes
- One of a large number of portraits of musicians purchased from the Royal College of Music. See Hind's report to the Trustees dated 7 October 1944. The College only kept the prints that were framed and displayed. Unable to store the remainder, they gave the BM first choice of all prints lacking in its collection, and sold the rest to Suckling's. The purchase was funded from a block grant made to the BM by the NACF, and the cost was £50 in all.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1944,1014.380
