Herbert, Victor - Large Signed Photo with Autograph Music Quote 1920

Guernsey-born American composer (1859-1924), cellist and conductor, best known for his operettas from 1890 through the end of World War I.  Large signed photo, and original print by White, New York, inscribed and dated by him in 1920, with 2 bars of music from his opera "Natoma", one of his only 2 grand operas. Natoma was premiered in 1911 with a cast including Mary Garden and John McCormack. Size is 9.8 x 11.9 inches, small loss of paper on two corners, and a larger loss of paper over the bottom left corner that has been repaired with similar-color paper. See scan.