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Rehearsal with Nikisch
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1912
adults
architecture
arts and entertainment
baton
concert hall
conductor
England
features
fine arts and music
group
groups
groups
heating and lighting
instrument, cello
instrument, double bass
instrument, violin
interiors
Langham Place
Langham Place, Queen’s Hall
lantern
leisure and pastimes
light / lamp
London Symphony Orchestra
man
music
music and entertainment
musician
named groups
named individuals
Nikisch, Arthur Lébényi Szent Miklós
objects
orchestra
people
places
places of entertainment
platform / stage
portraits
sheet music
UK countries and regions
UK London
woman
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
Rehearsal with Nikisch
support: 1524 × 2140 mm
frame: 1810 × 2420 × 130 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1912
<p><b>N02895</b> REHEARSAL WITH NIKISCH 1912
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<p>Inscr. ‘R. Jack 1912’ b.l.</p>
<p>Canvas, 60×84 1/4 (152×214).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1912.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1912 (400).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Robert Elkin, <i>Queen's Hall 1893–1941</i>, 1944, p. 24, repr.; Hubert Foss and Noel Goodwin, <i>London Symphony: Portrait of an Orchestra</i>, 1954, pp.25, 59 ff., repr. as frontispiece.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Thomas Russell, <i>The Proms</i>, 1949, facing p.57 (in colour).</p>
<p>The famous Austro-Hungarian conductor Arthur Nikisch (1855–1922) rehearsing the London Symphony Orchestra. The setting is the Queen's Hall, which was destroyed by a bomb in 1941.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-07-16T00:00:00
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adults architecture arts and entertainment baton concert hall conductor England features fine arts and music group groups groups heating and lighting instrument, cello instrument, double bass instrument, violin interiors Langham Place Langham Place, Queen’s Hall lantern leisure and pastimes light / lamp London Symphony Orchestra man music music and entertainment musician named groups named individuals Nikisch, Arthur Lébényi Szent Miklós objects orchestra people places places of entertainment platform / stage portraits sheet music UK countries and regions UK London woman work and occupations