Sheet music cover for 'Glover's transcriptions of classical gems'
2 of 3 portraits of Ludwig van Beethoven
Sheet music cover for 'Glover's transcriptions of classical gems'
by Michael Watson, published by Ransford & Son
lithograph, circa 1869-1876
13 1/2 in. x 10 in. (344 mm x 254 mm) paper size
Given by John Hall, 1972
Reference Collection
NPG D42832
Artistsback to top
- Ransford & Son (active 1869-1876), Music sellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Michael Watson (1840-1889), Lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Composer. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Composer. Sitter associated with 36 portraits. Identify
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Composer. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847), Composer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- (Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Composer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786-1826), Composer. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
This portraitback to top
Sheet music cover for 'Glover's transcriptions of classical gems' arranged by F.S. Glover.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (2 Princes Street, Oxford Circus, London)
Events of 1869back to top
Current affairs
Gladstone introduces the Irish Church Disestablishment Act, which disestablishes the Church of Ireland, disassociating it from the state and repealing the paying of tithes to the Anglican Church of Ireland.Girton College is founded in Cambridge by Barbara Bodichon and Emily Davies, the first residential college for women in England; women were granted full membership to the University in 1948.
Art and science
Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev invents the periodic table of elements, which arranges elements within a group in order of their atomic mass.The British scientist Mary Somerville publishes her last book On Molecular and Microscopic Science.
Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint together in the open air at La Grenouillère, developing the Impressionist style.
International
The Suez canal opens, linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez with the Mediterranean Sea, and transforming trade routes between Europe and Asia as merchants no longer had to circumvent Africa. The canal was largely in British and French control until Egyptian nationalisation in 1956, which sparked off the international Suez crisis.Serialisation of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel of Russian society during the Napoleonic wars, War and Peace finishes.
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