{"product_id":"guilhermina-suggia-country-life-magazine-portrait-december-26-1925","title":"Guilhermina Suggia Country Life Magazine Portrait December 26 1925","description":"\u003cp\u003eMme. Guilhermina Suggia Country Life Magazine Portrait, Frontispiece, December 26 1925. LVIII No. 1512\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe featured frontispiece is a portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eMme. Guilhermina Suggia\u003c\/strong\u003e, taken shortly before her departure to Portugal for her forthcoming marriage to Dr. José Casimiro Carteado Mena of the Oporto Pasteur Institute. Mme. Suggia and Señor \u003cstrong\u003ePablo Casals\u003c\/strong\u003e were widely regarded as two of the greatest violoncello players of their time. As a pupil of Casals, she helped establish a new school of cello playing that elevated the instrument’s status as a solo voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Marriage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Suggia returned to Portugal to marry Dr. José Casimiro Carteado Mena, an X-ray specialist at the Oporto Pasteur Institute.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRelationship with Pablo Casals:\u003c\/strong\u003e She worked closely with Pablo Casals, with whom she lived and toured between 1906 and 1912. Although never married, she sometimes performed under the name “Mme. Casals-Suggia”.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePioneering Status:\u003c\/strong\u003e Suggia is recognised as one of the first women to establish a distinguished career as a solo cellist, at a time when the role was largely dominated by men.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an authentic original page from Country Life magazine, part of the iconic series often affectionately referred to as the “Girls in Pearls” portraits — elegant society images that captured a distinctive era of British publishing and portraiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Approximately 13.75 x 9 inches (35 x 23 cm)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very good for its age. As with all vintage magazine pages, light signs of handling or minor age-related blemishes may be present. Please review the large photo carefully for full condition details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis original Country Life Magazine frontispiece portrait forms part of The Old Map Shop’s curated archive of society portraits published between 1897 and 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Old Map Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52249975423269,"sku":"CL-2940","price":520.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1928\/5511\/files\/Mme-Guilhermina-Suggia-Country-Life-Frontispiece-1925.jpg?v=1776722032","url":"https:\/\/theoldmapshop.com\/en-dk\/products\/guilhermina-suggia-country-life-magazine-portrait-december-26-1925","provider":"The Old Map Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}