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Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Carte-de-visite Photograph Signed
"Richard Wagner". Total size in mat: 14.25"+ h x 12.75" w; Image size 3.75" h x 2.25" w. Particularly fine condition.A superlative image, boldly signed.
Carte-de-visite photograph of the composer in profile, signed vertically on the right side in bold, black ink and in a custom decorative mat. A superlative example.
The image was captured during an 1877 sitting with Elliott & Fry in London. During this period, Wagner was beginning to seriously work on his last complete opera, Parsifal. The opera would premiere at the Bayreuth Festival five years later in 1882, one year before his death.
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