Henry Nicholson, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Inscription: Recto: bottom: (photographer's name and address, printed in gold) ROBINSON & SONS (monogram: RS) 65, GRAFTON ST. / DUBLIN; Verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 373; center: (in ink, on pasted paper) Henry Nicholson / Flautist / 1875 / Given me by / Jas. Mathews Esq / 1883 / (in pencil) (From / FitzGibbon); top: (on black card, in red) H Nicholson [18]75
Provenance: Capt. H. Macaulay FitzGibbon, The Bungalow, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 21 June 1923.
This is no. 27 on FitzGibbon's list, under "carte de visite sizes": "H. Nicholson."
Condition: Good condition. Bottom edge of mount (black paper cover) is chipped, and there are pieces of torn paper adhered to the left and bottom edge of the verso.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.