Portrait of the Hungarian composer taken by photographer Paul Nadar. Paris, France; circa 1884. Signed on the mat in brown ink, "F. Liszt." Attached to verso of the frame is a printed image presumably of the verso of the cabinet card, of a "Médaille D'or Exposition Universelle 1878" studio back mark. Light toning to photograph and mat. Photograph has speckling and a few other minor marks; not affecting overall image. Frame is in good condition with a few chips. Not examined out of frame. Sight of picture measures 3.75 x 5.375 inches matted and framed to an overall size of 8.75 x 10.5 inches.
From the collection of the French mezzo-soprano Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940), daughter of renowned singer and pedagogue Mathilde Marchesi, through whom she would probably have been acquainted with Liszt. "She studied with her mother in Paris, singing at many private and charity concerts there, and made her professional concert début in London in 1896. Her first operatic appearance was in 1900 at Prague, as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She sang with the Moody-Manners Opera Company for several seasons, appearing at Covent Garden in 1902 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Isolde, Leonora in Il trovatore and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. She taught singing for many years in London and wrote her memoirs and a book on singing." (Elizabeth Forbes, Grove Online)
Portrait of the Hungarian composer taken by photographer Paul Nadar. Paris, France; circa 1884. Signed on the mat in brown ink, "F. Liszt." Attached to verso of the frame is a printed image presumably of the verso of the cabinet card, of a "Médaille D'or Exposition Universelle 1878" studio back mark. Light toning to photograph and mat. Photograph has speckling and a few other minor marks; not affecting overall image. Frame is in good condition with a few chips. Not examined out of frame. Sight of picture measures 3.75 x 5.375 inches matted and framed to an overall size of 8.75 x 10.5 inches.
From the collection of the French mezzo-soprano Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940), daughter of renowned singer and pedagogue Mathilde Marchesi, through whom she would probably have been acquainted with Liszt. "She studied with her mother in Paris, singing at many private and charity concerts there, and made her professional concert début in London in 1896. Her first operatic appearance was in 1900 at Prague, as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre. She sang with the Moody-Manners Opera Company for several seasons, appearing at Covent Garden in 1902 as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Elsa in Lohengrin, Isolde, Leonora in Il trovatore and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. She taught singing for many years in London and wrote her memoirs and a book on singing." (Elizabeth Forbes, Grove Online)