Kris Lockyear's photos with the keyword: Bochsa

Bochsa tomb, Camperdown.

28 Jun 2013 1 851
From Wikipedia: "Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1791–1856), harpist to Napoleon, and subject of one of the cemetery's more scandalous tales. He eloped from England with the operatic soprano Anna Bishop, wife of the composer Sir Henry Bishop, and toured in America before arriving in Australia, where they completed just one successful concert together before he unexpectedly died. Anna, still the wife of Sir Henry, raised in Bochsa's honour the most ornate monument in the cemetery, with a statue of herself weeping disconsolately. The mourning figure was later smashed." Camperdown cemetery, Sydney. Pentax MX, Fuji Neopan 100.