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              <text>Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger</text>
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              <text>Henry Walter Barnett created this elegant, full-length portrait of Melba at the height of her fame. Among her many achievements in this period, Melba established a significant professional partnership with leading tenor, Enrico Caruso. They first sang together in a highly acclaimed performance of La Bohème in Monte Carlo, which was overseen by the opera’s composer Giacomo Puccini.&#13;
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Melbourne-born Barnett established a studio in London and became a much sought-after photographer of the Edwardian era. His clients included artists, performers, writers and members of high society and royalty.</text>
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1997.076.921 | Transferred from the Dennis Wolanski Library,&#13;
Sydney Opera House, 1997</text>
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