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Description: | The famous cellist Jacqueline du Pre was a Hampstead resident between 1970 and 1975. It was during this period that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the nervous system and which ended her promising career at age 28. This sculpture depicts her playing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor. Elgar was also a Hampstead resident, and du Pre's performance of his Concerto is considered to be the definitive interpretation. Du Pre's life was the subject of the controversial 1998 film 'Hilary and Jackie'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Hampstead Museum | Rights holder: | Hampstead Museum | Subjects: | Leisure Art and Design | Temporal: | 1998 | Source: | Burgh House and Hampstead Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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