Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I of a charter of incorporation to the Worshipful company of musicians in 1604 .., 1904

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11716. Beethoven.—Bust. Lent by Mr. E. M. Hodgkins.
31717. Best, W. T.—Metal Plaque. Portrait. Lent by the Positive Organ Co.
51718. Fan.—On one side are signatures of Brahms, Rubinstein, Hallé, Néruda, Clara Schumann, etc., and on the other sketches by Val Prinsep, Goodall, Leighton, Tadema, Millais' Burne Jones, etc. The outer sticks are decorated with emblems of music and painting by Arthur Lewis. Lent by Miss Agnes Zimmermann.
71719. Handel.—Mask by Roubilliac. Lent by Dr. W. H. Cummings.
91720. Handel.—Court Lace Ruffle. Lent by Dr. W. H. Cummings.
111721. Handel's Pitch Pipe.—Given by him to Dr. Burney (See inscriptions inside case). Lent by Mr. C. T. Johnson.
131722. Handel Commemoration Medal of 1791.—Presented to T. S. Dupuis, and worn by him at Oxford when Haydn was made Mus. Doc. Lent by Sir Frederick Bridge.
151723. Haydn.—Visiting card. Lent by Lady Cusins.
171724. Kiesewetter.—Snuff-box, presented to Sir George Smart by the composer. Lent by Mr. H. Bertram.
191725. Leslie, Henry.—China Vase, won at the Paris Exhibition in 1875, by Leslie's Choir. Lent by Messrs. Broadwood & Sons.
211726. Lind, Jenny.—Medal struck in Sweden in her honour. Lent by Mr. N. Manskoff.
231727. Lind, Jenny.—Wreath of oak leaves worn by her as "Norma" at her first benefit performance in 1845, at the Royal Opera, Berlin. Lent by Mr. Otto Goldschmidt.
251728. Lind, Jenny.—Medals (3)—gold, silver, and copper, struck at Vienna in her honour. Lent by Mrs. Raymond Maude.
271729. Lind, Jenny.—Life-size marble Bust, by J. Durham, R.A.; replica by the sculptor. Lent by Mr. Otto Goldschmidt.
291730. Mendelssohn.—Visiting Card. Lent by Lady Cusins.
311731. Paganini.—Snuff-box, with hand-painted miniature. Lent by Mr. Sigmund Beel.
331732. Pasta, Metal Plaque.—Portrait. Lent by Mr. N. Manskoff.
351733. Purcell, Henry.—Bookcase made from wood of his house. Lent by Sir Frederick Bridge.
371734. Purcell, Henry.—Coat-of-Arms framed in wood from the old organ case (Westminster Abbey). Lent by Sir Frederick Bridge.
391735. Schubert, Franz.—Miniature with lock of composer's hair. Lent by Miss Carola Geistter-Schubert.

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