Johann Sebastian Bach
1819
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1819
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a 1819 print by L. Sichlong of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was made in the Romantic style and printed by William Mackenzie around February that year. The Victoria and Albert Museum keeps this image today. Prints like this kept Bach’s face alive in the early 1800s. He died in 1750, so most people knew him only by older portraits. This one was rushed out fast—just nine years after Bach’s original died. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.