2-702-511 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Joseph Haydn', (1933). Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), a leading figure in the development of classical music during the 18th century. He established the form of the string quartet, and was the first great composer of symphonies, of which he produced a total of 108. He was a major influence on the work of Mozart and Beethoven. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]