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Guitarist and artist Henry Worrall moved to Topeka, Kansas, in 1868 and died there in 1902. This photograph shows a youthful Worrall standing with his guitar. The photo was probably taken during Worrall's residence in Ohio in the 1850s or 1860s and reproduced later in Topeka by A. D. Grigs, as the border bears his imprint. Worrall's celebrated solo guitar instrumentals "Sebastopol" and "Violet Waltz" enjoyed great popularity in the nineteenth century. In the early twentieth century, Worrall's popular solo guitar pieces played a key role in the development of the guitar styles of southern rural folk musicians and country and blues musical idioms.
Creator: Grigs, A. D.
Date: Between 1850 and 1870
Item Number: 208664
Call Number: B Worrall, Henry *13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208664
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Musicians
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments - Guitar
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Blues
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Classical
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Country
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Folk
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Popular
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians - Composers
Date - 1800-1819
Date - 1854-1860
Date - 1861-1869
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cabinet cards
People - Notable Kansans - Worrall, Henry, 1825-1902
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cabinet cards
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