Photographic postcard of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A promotional photographic postcard of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Coleridge-Taylor is depicted in front of a dark background, wearing a dark suit, and looking directly at the camera with his face resting against his proper right hand. At the bottom right corner is a facsimile inscription and signature. At lower left is the number [24]. The reverse of the postcard has an inscription handwritten in black ink that reads "Coleridge-Taylor was born in Holborn, but as a boy he lived at Croydon, where he was for several years solo boy in the parish church choir." The inscription is written vertically. Printed horizontally is a stamp box at upper right that reads [Printed / in / Germany], followed by blank address lines. At center is printed [Breitkopf & Härtel, 54 Great Marlborough Street London W].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1905
• Published by: Breitkopf & Härtel, German, founded 1719
• Subject of: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, British, 1875 - 1912
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: silver bromide and photographic gelatin on photographic paper and card stock
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)
• Place depicted: London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Classical (Music)
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Object number: 2011.57.29.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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