Postcard featuring Nellie Melba as Elaine, inscribed to Tommy Cochran, c.1908

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Title

Postcard featuring Nellie Melba as Elaine, inscribed to Tommy Cochran, c.1908

Description

Melba premiered in the title role of Herman Bemberg’s opera Elaine in London in 1892. This portrait by Frank Haviland was published in The Illustrated London News in June 1908 as part of his series of theatrical celebrities and marked Melba’s 20th year at Covent Garden.

Source

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne

Publisher

Grainger Museum

Date

c.1908

Rights

Arts Centre Melbourne

Identifier

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne
1991.006.004 | Gift of Margaret Cochran, 1991
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Citation

Illustration by Frank Haviland, “Postcard featuring Nellie Melba as Elaine, inscribed to Tommy Cochran, c.1908,” Grainger Museum Online, accessed December 22, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/353.

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