Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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September 16
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1891 Karl Dönitz was born. He was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II. Dönitz succeeded Adolf Hitler as the head of state of Germany. In 1977 Maria Callas died in Paris at the age of 53. She was a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations.
DÖNITZ (Karl, 1891-1980, German Grand Admiral who succeeded Hitler) Postcard photo signed and dated, showing him head and shoulders in uniform, 5¾” x 4¼”, no place, 11th February 1967 38620
CALLAS (Maria, 1923-1977, American-born Greek Soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century) Fine photo with signature and date showing her as ‘Medea’ in Cherubini’s Opera, she is shown full length in profile on stage, wearing a long black cloak with the signature and date mounted underneath, overal1 13” x 8” in mount 18” x 12”, 1960, together with a page from the Illustrated London News of 13th June 1959 reporting on the Opera with a photo of her in the same costume but turning her face to the camera and a poster for a Gala Performance Concert of Medea at the Royal Festival Hall in her memory with the lead role sung by Grace Bumbry, 22” x 16”, and another photo showing her in costume, 9” x 6”, no place, 1960 33043
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