Gioachino Rossini was one of the most popular Italian opera composers of the 19th-century, and his influence eclipsed the work of subsequent composers for many years to come. Rossini died near Paris in 1868 and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery…
Back row: George Walter McFarlen (6th from left)
Middle row: Prof. John Galbraith (2nd from left), Prof W.H. Ellis (3rd), Prof. Edward John Chapman (4th)
Front row: C.H.C. Wright (2nd)