DVORÁK ANTONÍN Large Photograph Signed and Inscribed in Czec

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SIGNED MONTHS BEFORE PREMIERE OF NEW WORLD SYMPHONY DVORÁK, ANTONÍN. Large Photograph Signed and Inscribed, in Czech, "To my dear compatriot and amazing friend Mrs. E. Rosewater / Omaha Neb. 4/9 1893 with fond remembrance, Antonín Dvorák," bust portrait by Spiess, showing the composer wearing a necktie printed with a horseshoe pattern. Inscribed on the mount below the image. Photographer's ink stamp on verso. Approximately 19 1/2x15 1/2 inches (image), approximately 21 1/2x16 inches overall; some discoloration to inscription area from prior matting, contemporary retouching to eyes and hair, some scattered loss to emulsion at edges, unobtrusive creases at left edge. Omaha, 4 [September] 1893

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Dvorák came to the United States in 1892 to "discover American music." From 1892 to 1895 he was Director of the National Conservatory of Music of America, and spent most of 1893 in Spillville, Iowa. He took the occasion to visit the Czech-American communities in Chicago, Omaha, and St. Paul, among others.
This photograph is inscribed to the wife of Edward Rosewater, a Czech-born politician who was also the founder and editor of the Omaha Bee.