His former house was, alas, damaged or perhaps destroyed during the Blitz; reportedly his grand piano which was “defaced” by dozens of autographs by his famous guests and patrons, definitely did not survive the bombings.
Odd how his work fell off the map for decades — as you’re no doubt aware, TV’s Allen Funt (”Candid Camera”) nearly singlehandedly revived interest in Alma-Tadema, when he ran across “The Finding of Moses”, which had been thrown out as trash at least twice during the 20th century, but recently sold at auction for $36 million.
No I didn’t know. You’re a font of wondrous, fun information.