Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, signed 1928

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Title

Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, signed 1928

Description

New Zealand-born sisters May and Mina Moore worked in Wellington before becoming successful photographers in Australia during the 1910s and 1920s. May established a studio in Sydney and Mina worked in Melbourne. The sisters were particularly interested in capturing their subjects’ character through photography. This portrait of Melba was taken towards the end of May Moore’s career as she was forced to retire in 1928 due to illness.

Source

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne

Publisher

Grainger Museum

Date

signed 1928

Rights

Arts Centre Melbourne

Identifier

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne
2014.034.115 | Gift of the Kilburn Family, 2014
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Citation

Photograph by May Moore, Sydney, “Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, signed 1928,” Grainger Museum Online, accessed July 17, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/362.

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