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Portrait of Nellie Melba, inscribed to Ada Berrill, 1914–15
This portrait photograph was given to Ada Berrill, Melba’s personal maid and travel companion.
Portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Black and white photograph.
Photo: 11.2 x 8.7 cm
Photo and board: 17.1 x 13.4 cm
This portrait depicts a stern faced elderly Ignacy Jan Paderewski in a black suit, white vest and cravat. This photograph has been mounted on a piece of…
Photo: 11.2 x 8.7 cm
Photo and board: 17.1 x 13.4 cm
This portrait depicts a stern faced elderly Ignacy Jan Paderewski in a black suit, white vest and cravat. This photograph has been mounted on a piece of…
Portrait of Ella Grainger in shadows
Silver gelatin copy of unidentified original.
Photo: 23.2 x 18.4 cm
Frame: 25.7 x 21 cm
Photo: 23.2 x 18.4 cm
Frame: 25.7 x 21 cm
Portrait of Ella Grainger
Silver gelatin prints.
25.3 x 16.8
This portrait depicts Ella Grainger with her head tilted downwards. She appears to be wearing a white dress.
25.3 x 16.8
This portrait depicts Ella Grainger with her head tilted downwards. She appears to be wearing a white dress.
Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba, signed 1928
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…
Portrait of a young Percy Grainger wearing a double breasted coat
Sepia toned black and white photograph.
Photo: 23 x 13.4 cm
Paper: 24 x 13.8 cm
Portrait a young Percy Grainger wearing a cravat and a double breasted coat. He appears to be leaning against a piano. The photograph has been mounted on 2…
Photo: 23 x 13.4 cm
Paper: 24 x 13.8 cm
Portrait a young Percy Grainger wearing a cravat and a double breasted coat. He appears to be leaning against a piano. The photograph has been mounted on 2…
Portrait of a young Percy Grainger dressed in a suit, vest and tie
Black and white photograph.
13.5 x 8.6 cm
This portrait depicts the young Percy Grainger. The back of the print appears to be similar to that of a postcard. There is an inscription in the middle that reads: Breitkopt & Härtel, 44 Great…
13.5 x 8.6 cm
This portrait depicts the young Percy Grainger. The back of the print appears to be similar to that of a postcard. There is an inscription in the middle that reads: Breitkopt & Härtel, 44 Great…
Portrait of a young boy and his dog on a leash
Ambrotype, paper binding
30.6 x 25.3 cm
This photograph is an ambrotype, a process only used widely for a short time between approximately 1855 and 1865, which places this image of unidentified boys quite early in the history of photography.…
30.6 x 25.3 cm
This photograph is an ambrotype, a process only used widely for a short time between approximately 1855 and 1865, which places this image of unidentified boys quite early in the history of photography.…
Portable vanity unit used by Nellie Melba, c.1895
This burr walnut vanity unit accompanied Melba to various theatres for personal use in her dressing room. It was given to her coachman/driver, William Hayes, when she left for an extended stay abroad. Hayes was married to Melba’s maid, who would fill…
Portable harmonium (reed organ)
Wood, ivory, felt, metal.
Grainger wrote in 1929, ‘If I were forced to choose one instrument only for chamber music – I would choose the harmonium (reed-organ) without hesitation; for it seems to me the most sensitively and intimately expressive…
Grainger wrote in 1929, ‘If I were forced to choose one instrument only for chamber music – I would choose the harmonium (reed-organ) without hesitation; for it seems to me the most sensitively and intimately expressive…