The Pictorial Arts: 'Tis a Long Time Ago

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Wallace Tripp — 1973

John said...: That's obviously Ralph Vaughan Williams (he even has his own monogrammed throne) but who are the other two? Is it Elgar? And who's that dozing off?; July 16, 2011 at 2:56 AM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...: Yes, the middle one is Edward Elgar. I'm working on the other one.; July 16, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Thomas Haller Buchanan said...: I might make a guess on that dozing fellow as Sir Hubert Parry, but the body features don't quite line up. An English composer by any other name . . ?; July 16, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Colin said...: I think it's Adrian Boult, conductor and champion of both RVW's and Elgar's music. But what has the poem to do with the picture?; December 3, 2015 at 4:14 AM