Nikisch (bust) – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Nikisch (bust) in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Nikisch (bust)
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Arthur Nikisch, the Hungarian-born conductor, is the figure named in this record. He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the early 1890s before becoming one of Europe's best-known conductors in Leipzig and Berlin. The title's word "bust" most likely means a head-and-shoulders view, though the record does not say whether it shows a living sitter or a sculpted likeness. The glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, a commercial agency that supplied news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, and its title is unverified, so the exact circumstances of the photograph remain uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 6,550 × 8,941 px · prints to 22 × 30 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-34175 |
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