LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Portrait photograph signed and inscribed Meinem liebsten "Bädedecker" - (Frau Carrie Lachmund) herzlich ergebend F Liszt, Juli 84 - Weimar, showing the composer seated at his desk in the Hofgärtnerei, inscribed in black ink on the lower margin of the mount, black and white by Louis Held, Weimar, 204 x 248mm., mounted on card, (the mount discolored) and another group portrait photograph signed and inscribed Meinem lieben Freunden Lachmunds, dankend ergebenst F Liszt, Juli, 84 - Weimar, showing the composer seated outdoors with Carrie Lachmund sitting at his feet and Carl Lachmund standing behind him, inscribed in black ink on the lower margin of the mount, black and white, 222 x 166mm., mounted on card with a lock of Liszt's hair tied into the upper left corner of the image with a later English inscription Lock of Liszt's hair on the margin of the photograph and an English translation below the inscription on the mount, (the image slightly worn, the mount discoloured).

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LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Portrait photograph signed and inscribed Meinem liebsten "Bädedecker" - (Frau Carrie Lachmund) herzlich ergebend F Liszt, Juli 84 - Weimar, showing the composer seated at his desk in the Hofgärtnerei, inscribed in black ink on the lower margin of the mount, black and white by Louis Held, Weimar, 204 x 248mm., mounted on card, (the mount discolored) and another group portrait photograph signed and inscribed Meinem lieben Freunden Lachmunds, dankend ergebenst F Liszt, Juli, 84 - Weimar, showing the composer seated outdoors with Carrie Lachmund sitting at his feet and Carl Lachmund standing behind him, inscribed in black ink on the lower margin of the mount, black and white, 222 x 166mm., mounted on card with a lock of Liszt's hair tied into the upper left corner of the image with a later English inscription Lock of Liszt's hair on the margin of the photograph and an English translation below the inscription on the mount, (the image slightly worn, the mount discoloured).
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Provenance
Bequeathed to the present owner by the Lachmund's only daughter
Literature
Ernst Burger, Franz Liszt, A Chronicle of His Life, Princeton, 1989, pp.299 & 300.

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