‘An Unusual Exhibit’
Date
1903
Sitter
John Watson Warman (1842 - 1910, British) , Writer
Creator
Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867 - 1945, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 211mm
width (print): 282mm
width (print): 282mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Portrait of John Watson Warman, with his ‘Hydraulicon’, exhibited at the Royal Society’s conversazione, or soirée, at Burlington House, London, on the evening of 19 June 1903. The portrait is one of four figures, the remainder showing older designs for water organs.
Cutting from the Illustrated London News, 20 June 1903, p.955. Captioned below: ‘AN UNUSUAL EXHIBIT AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY SOIREE: MR. JOHN WATSON WARMAN’S HYDRAULICON, OR WATER ORGAN.’ The portrait is signed lower right: ‘A. HUGH FISHER’.
J. W. Warman’s musical instrument was exhibit no. 21 in the Principal Library of Burlington House. The Royal Society’s exhibition catalogue describes his display as ‘A reproduction of the hydraulic organ of the ancients’.
John Watson Warman (1842-1910) British writer on musical instruments and organ builder.
Cutting from the Illustrated London News, 20 June 1903, p.955. Captioned below: ‘AN UNUSUAL EXHIBIT AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY SOIREE: MR. JOHN WATSON WARMAN’S HYDRAULICON, OR WATER ORGAN.’ The portrait is signed lower right: ‘A. HUGH FISHER’.
J. W. Warman’s musical instrument was exhibit no. 21 in the Principal Library of Burlington House. The Royal Society’s exhibition catalogue describes his display as ‘A reproduction of the hydraulic organ of the ancients’.
John Watson Warman (1842-1910) British writer on musical instruments and organ builder.
Object history
Purchased by the Royal Society.
Associated place