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The Distin Family, 1844. Creator: Unknown

The Distin Family, 1844. John Distin and his sons were British musicians who performed on saxhorns and were influential in the evolution of brass instruments in then popular music. Mr. Distin and his four sons have been for several years before the public. Mr. Distin senior, for more than nine years, was principal trumpet in the private band of King George IV'. They ...were invited to make a trial of some newly-invented instruments, manufactured by M. Adolphe Sax, in Paris. Upon the introduction of the Distin's improved Sax Horns in Paris, they at once ensured success...The Distins are at present the only performers on the Sax Horn, which unites the powers of the French horn and those of the cornet-a-piston but is infinitely superior to both, for it combines the mellowness and sweetness of the former, with all the brilliancy and power of the latter'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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Mrs Olga Nethersole in Sapho, c1900

Mrs Olga Nethersole in Sapho, c1900. Olga Isabella Nethersole (1867-1951), English actress, theatre producer, and wartime nurse/health educator. Sapho was a 1900 play by Clyde Fitch (1865-1909), based on an 1884 French novel of the same name by Alphonse Daudet and an 1885 play by Daudet and Adolphe Belot. It was at the center of a sensational American indecency trial involving the play?s star and producer/director, Olga Nethersole. From Penrose's Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co., London, 1903-4]

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The Dining Room of the Stoclet Palace, Brussels, Belgium, c1914

The Dining Room of the Stoclet Palace, Brussels, Belgium, c1914. The Stoclet Palace was built by architect Josef Hoffmann for banker and art lover Adolphe Stoclet between 1905 and 1911. From The Studio Volume 61. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1914]

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