William Schwenck Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
Lot 245: GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENCK (1830-1911, librettist and dramatist)
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Bonhams
October 3, 2005
London, United Kingdom
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PORTRAIT BY HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1895),
photograph, Woodburytype, three-quarter length, seated, his arm over the back of the chair, Barraud's name stamped on mount, extremely fine impression, 9¾ x 7 in (24.7 x 17.8 cm).
Notes
An example of this 1893 photograph, from Men and Women of the Day, is in the National Portrait Gallery collection. See note on Barraud at the end of the catalogue.