Sidney and William Powell, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Inscription: Verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 385; center: (in ink) With the Compliments / of Sidney & William Powell / (in pencil) Taken 1921; right edge: (in ink) E. J. Wright [?]
Provenance: Probably William Powell, Birmingham, England, between 1922 and 1935.
Powell's correspondence with Miller began in 1922 and continued to 1935.
Condition: Good condition.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.