Handsome large black and white original bust photograph of the priest and composer shown looking over his left shoulder. The photograph is laid down on a large sheet of heavy white stock. Above it, Perosi has penned a two-and-a-half-bar musical quotation and inscribed it underneath with his full signature and the date Pasqua 1934 (Easter). The photograph is also signed by the photographer S Perale (?) / Roma.

Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi was an Italian composer of sacred music, especially large-scale oratorios.