Bold autograph dated 1878 together with an impressive VanderWeyde Cabinet photograph of the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor of the mid-Victorian era. Berlioz was a strong admirer and critic Hermann Klein wrote in 1866 that "a more exquisite illustration of what is termed the true Italian tenor quality it would be impossible to imagine: and this delicious sweetness, this rare combination of 'velvet' richness with ringing timbre, he retained in diminishing volume almost to the last." Shaw compared his "beautiful firmness and purity of tone" with Patti's and Santley's.
Bold autograph dated 1878 together with an impressive VanderWeyde Cabinet photograph of the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor of the mid-Victorian era. Berlioz was a strong admirer and critic Hermann Klein wrote in 1866 that "a more exquisite illustration of what is termed the true Italian tenor quality it would be impossible to imagine: and this delicious sweetness, this rare combination of 'velvet' richness with ringing timbre, he retained in diminishing volume almost to the last." Shaw compared his "beautiful firmness and purity of tone" with Patti's and Santley's.