Two Harpists in Greenhouse
Artist
Frederick K. Coulson
(American, 1869–1931)
DateSeptember 25, 1894
Mediumcyanotype on cream wove paper
Dimensions24.8 x 29.2 cm (sheets), 25.4 x 20.5 x 2.0 cm (bound)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund
Object number2010.271.61
DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.The European harpists Edmund (seated) and Heinrich Schuecker are photographed in the Salisbury greenhouse during their visit to Worcester for the 37th Annual Festival of the Worcester County Musical Association. In addition to playing at Worcester's Mechanics Hall, the Scuecker brothers performed in the Salisbury House with the Worcester harpist and music teacher Susan Reed-Lawton.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.35, plate 14
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA
On View
Not on view