Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan
(1842-1900), Composer and conductor; collaborated with Sir W.S. GilbertSitter in 11 portraits
Sullivan was a prodigy, composing his first anthem aged eight. He achieved early success as a composer of serious music; wrote Cox and Box, a comic operetta, 1866, and in 1871 first collaborated with W.S. Gilbert on Thespis. With Gilbert as librettist, Sullivan composed a series of triumphantly successful comic operas, performed after 1881 at the Savoy Theatre, built for them by Richard D'Oyly Carte. Sullivan also composed numerous songs, orchestral and sacred pieces, and one grand opera, Ivanhoe, 1891. He was knighted in 1883. Sullivan died from kidney failure in 1900. His memorial stands in Embankment Gardens, not far from the Savoy Theatre.
by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
oil on canvas, 1888
NPG 1325
by Sarony & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1864
NPG Ax38149
by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG Ax38148
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen print, 11 May 1867
NPG x18489
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published December 1888
NPG x8018
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s
NPG Ax139911
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1898
NPG x127485
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan ('Men of the Day. No. 81.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 14 March 1874
NPG D43631
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, circa 1888
NPG Ax9170
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justin bindley
22 October 2017, 04:52
Sullivan's first operatic collaboration was in 1871 with Gilbert, not 1872 - Thespis.