Browse Items (85 total)

Platinum print

Photo: 20.5 x 15.3 cm
Photo and frame: 34.2 x 26.2 cm

In 1913 Grainger's then fiancée Margot Harrison ordered a very expensive present for her lover: a portrait of herself by H Walter Barnett. Despite his humble beginnings in…

Bromide print.

13.5 x 8.6 cm

This portrait depicts the side profile of Percy Grainger with his arms folded. The back of the print appears to be similar to that of a postcard. There is an inscription in the middle that reads: Copyright Augener…

Platinum print.

Photo: 22.6 x 16.8
Photo and card: 31.3 x 22.9
Envelope: 32.2 x 22.9

Portrait of Percy Grainger showing his side profile. He is wearing a fur lined coat and a framed painting can be seen in the background behind him. There is…

platinum (or palladium) print,

Photo: 19.3 x 13.7 cm
Photo and frame: 30.1 x 22.3 cm

The Grainger Museum Archive contains hundreds of photographs of unidentified people. Some are very elaborate and sophisticated images like this Edwardian lady…

Black and white photograph.

Photo: 19.2 x 13.5 cm
Photo and board: 30.2 x 22.5 cm

Portrait of a young Percy Grainer dressed in a dark suit and wearing a white shirt with a rounded collar. The photograph has been mounted onto board and…

silver gelatin print.

Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm


Although taken in a formal studio setting, this photograph was certainly not meant for promotional purposes. Grainger had his portrait taken by Mary Dale Clark on a…

Silver gelatin print.

Photo: 20.2 x 15.6 cm
Photo and board: 37.5 x 29.8 cm

This portrait depicts Percy Grainger with his fingers interlaced in front of him. The photograph is mounted on board.

Black and white photograph.

25.6 x 20.2 cm

Portrait of Percy Grainger in uniform during the First World War. He is leaning against a dark cloth backdrop against patterned carpet with his right hand crossed over his left.

Printing-out paper print.

15.6 x 11.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is facing the camera and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and a v neck dress. Rose Grainger is captured here wearing a quintessential…

Sepia toned black and white photograph.

14.1 x 10.2 cm

Portrait of Rose Grainger in New Zealand. She is captured in profile and is wearing a large round brim hat with feathers and high neck dress.