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TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893). Memorial portrait photograph framed, showing the composer seated beside a table resting his head on his left hand, signed by the photographer and dated '1893', mounted within a black border with a silver and black decorative frame bearing a sprig of laurel leaves and a black mourning ribbon in the top lefthand corner and a eulogising silver plaque on the lower border, (925 x 688mm. overall). - Sold with a photomontage of six contemporary photopostcards, framed and glazed, showing the composer's houses at Klin, Maidanovo and Frolovskoe and the interior of the drawing room and study and bedroom and working study of the house at Klin, (600 x 888mm. overall), and five contemporary photographs of the composer's funeral procession, together with a montage of the members of the family to whom these photographs belonged.
The circumstances surrounding Tchaikovsky's death, most probably as a result of suicide, in St Petersburg on 6 November 1893 are now well known. He was buried in the Alexander Nevsky cemetery. These contemporary photographs commemorate his death and appear to have come from the Block family, who were merchants in Russia at the time.
The circumstances surrounding Tchaikovsky's death, most probably as a result of suicide, in St Petersburg on 6 November 1893 are now well known. He was buried in the Alexander Nevsky cemetery. These contemporary photographs commemorate his death and appear to have come from the Block family, who were merchants in Russia at the time.