Sir Henry’s timely bow

WITH the Proms season now upon us it seems fitting that a portrait of the founder of the famous concerts, Sir Henry Wood, topped the pictures on offer at Bonhams Oxford (17.5% buyer’s premium) on June 25.

In 1895 Wood inaugurated the Queen’s Hall Promenade Concerts (later the Royal Albert Hall) and he re…

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