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Mme. Melba

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R13133-133-4-E, Volume number: 8

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3959743

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Miscellaneous Portraits

Mme. Melba
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : reproduction of a lithograph ; 32 x 24 cm.

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Brown-tinted reproduction of a circular portrait of Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), the well-known Australian soprano. She sang at Covent Garden, London, from 1888 to 1926, and at intervals with the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York.
Portrait is shoulder-length, showing the young woman in profile. Her hairstyle is curled and elaborate, with a decorative string of pearls.
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Depicted: Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931

Melba, Nellie, Dame, 1861-1931
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.c.: MME MELBA
Recto, l.r. within image: Hyerta [?]

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Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

8 Item no. assigned by LAC 126

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-126

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