Great gramophone painting

[JHolmesesq]

What do you think? I found it on flikr today, it's awesome! The electrola looks very similar to a HMV101, but I'm assuming this is a German painting

[Lenoirstreetguy]

I like the score in front of her as she dreams of being the next Jeritza or Bettendorf or Renee Chemet....Showing that a serious young music student can get much benefit from the gramophone.

[Lucius1958]

Well, since the artist's signature seems to be '(Henry?) Boothby', I doubt that it's German......

Bill

[Henry]

Well, since the artist's signature seems to be '(Henry?) Boothby', I doubt that it's German......

Bill

I had my doubts, as well, about the gender of the androgynous figure.

[Amberola 1-A]

I wonder if this originally was a magazine ad for the German made Electrola phonograph. I notice the word "Electrola" is visible at the rear of the soundbox as well as on the cover of a piece of literature on her desk. Peter Olliphant had one of these for sale a few years ago at the Wayne show. This machine was rather cool as it could be played either spring wound or could be plugged into an electrical outlet. There was a switch on the motorboard that allowed you to select several types of current depending what country you lived in.
I hesitated when I first saw it and when I returned later, it was sold.

Bill