Richard Carte, 1808-1891
still image
Box Number: C
photograph
Photograph, mounted in beige paper. Mount: 7 x 4 3/4 inches (17.8 x 12.1 cm.); photo: 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches (8.9 x 6.0 cm.)
Head and shoulders portrait of Carte who faces right and gazes right. He has white hair, full beard and mustache, and wears a jacket and vest.
Inscription: Recto: l. c.: (printed) RICHARD CARTE, / FLAUTIST AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER. / THE FOUNDER OF THE MUSICAL DIRECTORY. DIED NOV. 26TH, 1891.; l. l.: (printed) Woodbury Company, / (Eyre and Spottiswoode); Verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 120; l. l.: (in pencil) 004215.28
Provenance: Source not known.
Included in exhibition, "From Hotteterre to Barrere, "The New York Flute Club, New York, 1 Aug. - 30 Nov. 1980.
Condition: Good condition. Mylar housing with double-stick tape around perimeter of mylar.
Photograph
Dayton C. Miller Photograph Collection
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