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Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

(1857-1934), Composer and conductor

Sitter in 19 portraits
Largely self-taught, Elgar came to prominence in the 1890s with high-profile commissions including the Imperial March for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee (1897). His international breakthrough came with the orchestral Enigma Variations, 1899, a series of musical portraits of his wife and friends. His reputation as a leading British composer was confirmed the following year with The Dream of Gerontius. Other works include the Pomp and Circumstance marches, 1901-7, the Violin Concerto, 1910, and the Cello Concerto, 1919, compositions which have won him renewed popularity and a vast audience in the twenty first century. He was knighted in 1904 and appointed Master of the King's Music in 1924.

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Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Percival Hedley - NPG 2219

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Percival Hedley
bronze bust, 1905
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2219

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd - NPG x11904

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x11904

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, published by Breitkopf & Hartel - NPG x17025

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

published by Breitkopf & Hartel
postcard print, 1900s-1910s
NPG x17025

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Charles Frederick Grindrod - NPG x11894

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Charles Frederick Grindrod
bromide print, circa 1903
NPG x11894

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Edgar Thomas Holding - NPG x11905

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Edgar Thomas Holding
platinum print, circa 1905
NPG x11905

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Edgar Thomas Holding - NPG x11906

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Edgar Thomas Holding
platinum print, circa 1905
NPG x11906

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by James Russell & Sons - NPG x137668

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by James Russell & Sons
half-plate glass copy negative, circa 1910
NPG x137668

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt; Yehudi Menuhin, by Aram Alban - NPG x20671

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt; Yehudi Menuhin

by Aram Alban
bromide print, circa 1930
NPG x20671

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Herbert Lambert, for  Elliott & Fry - NPG x82022

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
half-plate copy glass negative, 1942
NPG x82022

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Herbert Lambert, for  Elliott & Fry - NPG x82023

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Herbert Lambert, for Elliott & Fry
whole-plate copy glass negative, 1942
NPG x82023

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt, by Anthony Wysard - NPG D272

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

by Anthony Wysard
pencil and watercolour
NPG D272

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