Cardenio Botti (1890-1973) was an Italian composer who was in Malta in 1923. He knew Salvatore Zammit-Hammet “very well” to whom Cardenio signed this photograph on the 9th June 1923. The image formed part of Mr. Hammet’s estate and was sold to me in July 2009. The person who acquired it from Mr. Hammet’s family informed me that she is “familiar with Botti’s signature and verified it with one on the Sliema Band Club website”. The signed photograph is below along with a ‘cleaned’ digital version.
Malta early 20th century views. These Edwardian wide-view pictures were acquired by me in October 2012. They were taken by ‘Cassar’ and […]
The Doré Gallery at 35 New Bond Street was originally opened in 1874 to exhibit and publicise the work of the French artist […]
The Gouge sisters were Matilda Gouge (1870-1930) and Alice Gouge (1873-1921). The paperwork I acquired in October 2021 mainly concern lands and […]
In November 1931 John Rodgers Cowe and / or Robert P. Cowe, both from Edinburgh, started a detailed theatre log and books […]
