Montage of Plagues of Composers' Heads, Usher Hall

Category

Library Item

Item no

30220

Title

Montage of stone plagues of composers' heads, Usher Hall

Description

Details taken from the decorative stonework inside the Usher Hall depict the heads of famous musicians.

Artist / maker

Inglis, Francis Caird

Date

1914

Size

36.0 x 28.0 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Inside the Usher Hall, portrait medallions decorate the corridors depicting heads of musicians, poets and song-writers including such luminaries as Bach, Beethoven, Neil Gow, Tschaikowsky, Robert Burns, Allan Ramsay and Robert Louis Stevenson. On opening, the hall itself was decorated in white and gold to give an impression of simplicity and refinement.
This image is from a bound collection of mounted prints believed to be the official Usher Hall opening photographs.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Plasterwork

People > Body parts > Head and Shoulders

People > Entertainment and sports > Musicians

Places > Edinburgh areas > Lothian Road

Places > Edinburgh Landmarks > Usher Hall

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Concert halls

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Montage of plagues of composers' heads, Usher Hall