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| Artwork by Alan Aldridge |
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| The violin and Wallace Hartley's body were recovered 10 days after the ship went down |
"A violin that was being played as the Titanic went down has sold at auction in London for $1.45 million.
Band
leader Wallace Hartley played the violin in an attempt to calm
passengers as the ship slipped into the frozen waters of the North
Atlantic in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg.Hartley's band played the hymn, Nearer My God To Thee, as passengers climbed into lifeboats.
He and his seven fellow band members all died after choosing to play on.
British auctioneer Alan Aldridge says the band displayed extraordinary courage."
Violin that was played as Titanic sank fetches record $1.45m at auction
that Alan Aldridge was also the name of the guy
who did a lot of artwork for 'The Beatles'.
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| http://www.alanaldridge.net/ |
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| Artwork by Alan Aldridge. The Titanic? |
The Bird that Flew into the Window
and King Uke's Beetle /Scarab totem,
Drilling the Grand Poobah
http://www.alanaldridge.net/
Great art work, captured an era of time - as I suppose did that violin.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful art work. I love the bold psychedelic colors! I read this story in our newspaper and thought, there must be synchros in here somehow. You nailed them.
ReplyDeleteThe bit of the violin story that most grabbed me was that the instrument was damaged to the point of being unplayable and that it should never be played again out of respect for Wallace Hartley and his band. I wonder whether Wallace Hartley would have agreed with this?
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