細節
BELL, ALEXANDER GRAHAM (1847-1922). Cabinet photograph signed ("Alexander Graham Bell"), by New York Photographic Co., New York (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1905]. 166 x 108 mm. (6½ x 4¼ in.) including mount, lower left corner of mount slightly creased. A half-length portrait of Bell, signed on the lower portion of the image.
"'Pa Bell.' An authority on speech correction who made important contributions to the education of the deaf, he invented the telephone in his spare time. 'Mr. Watson, come here; I want you,' were the first words heard on the telephone, spoken by Bell to Watson, his young assistant, on March 10, 1876 (see lot xxx)"--W.M.
"'Pa Bell.' An authority on speech correction who made important contributions to the education of the deaf, he invented the telephone in his spare time. 'Mr. Watson, come here; I want you,' were the first words heard on the telephone, spoken by Bell to Watson, his young assistant, on March 10, 1876 (see lot xxx)"--W.M.
來源
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 53).