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Silver gelatin prints and mechanically printed postcard.

17.6 x 12.6 cm

Aimé Dupont was a fashionable New York studio where Grainger sat for a number of portraits sometime before November 1915. He had already made his debut to New York…

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Silver gelatin prints and mechanically printed postcard.

17.6 x 12.6 cm

Aimé Dupont was a fashionable New York studio where Grainger sat for a number of portraits sometime before November 1915. He had already made his debut to New York…

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Silver gelatin print

Photo: 11.2 x 8.7 cm
Photo and board: 17.1 x 13.4 cm

The photograph depicts Nellie Melba tending to plants and shrubs placed on an elegant cane and wood table. She is standing in front of the entrance to Coombe Cottage,…

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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…

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Black and white photograph.

Photo: 15.5 x 11 cm
Photo and board: 25.3 x 15.1 cm

This portrait depicts a young lady (possibly aged in her 20s or 30s) staring straight into the camera against a grey background. The streaks in her hair, blue eyes…

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Black and white photograph. 25.1 x 19.4 cm Swedish poet and painter, Ella Viola Strom, married Percy Grainger at the Hollywood Bowl, Southern California, USA, on 9 August 1928. The wedding occurred in front of a huge audience, estimated as between…

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Sheet-fed photo gravure print
(Bruchmann Mezzotint gravures, printer)

28.5 x 22 cm

This portrait depicts Rose Grainger sitting in a plush armchair. She is wearing a long off shoulder dress with flowing skirts and organza. As described by the…

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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.…

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silver gelatin print (annotations on negative by Percy Grainger)

15.3 x 9.6 cm
According to the inscriptions on the proper right edge and bottom of the photograph, this image depicts Eva painting a copy of her portrait of Percy Grainger in her…

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Sepia toned black and white photograph.

10.8 x 8.1 cm

This photograph captures Percy Grainger wearing a grass skirt and jewellery in the form of armbands and necklaces. The grass skirt and armbands were created by artists in Oceania, and…
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