OBJECTS OF FAME
List of illustrations
Front cover
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Nellie Melba, c.1902 (detail) Photograph by H. Walter Barnett
Programme for Melba–Grainger Concert in aid of the Red Cross, Pittsburgh, 20 January 1916 Grainger Museum Collection | 2018/7-18
Percy Grainger, c.1904–05 (detail) Photograph by P. Hadrup Object captions, refer pages 11, 19 and 22 Back cover Object caption, refer page 7 Inside front cover Detail from manuscript for Sentimentals no.1, ‘Colonial Song’ by Percy Grainger, 1914 Grainger Museum Collection | MG3/13-1-1 Inside back cover Detail from annotated opera score for Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, owned by Nellie Melba, 1887 Royal Edition, Boosey & Co, London | Gift of Pamela, Lady Vestey, 1981 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1981.024.001 Opposite Page 1 Satin shoes worn by Nellie Melba, 1920s Made by Farmer’s, Sydney | Gift of Pamela, Lady Vestey, 1977 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1977.001.064 Leather lace‑up shoes worn by Percy Grainger, n.d. Made by Beck’s Shoes, USA | Grainger Museum Collection | 04.5135 Page 2 Percy Grainger, 1904 Painting by Rupert Bunny | Grainger Museum Collection | 0000.5005 Page 3 Nellie Melba, c.1902 Photograph by H. Walter Barnett | Transferred from the Dennis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House, 1997 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1997.076.921
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Sterling silver cigarette box with engraved signatures, c.1910 Purchased with funds from the Maxwell & Merle Carroll Bequest, 2015 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 2015.018.002 Note from Nellie Melba to Percy Grainger, Copley-Plaza Hotel, Boston, c.1915 Grainger Museum Collection | 2017/17-1/2 Page 5 Nellie Melba as Ophélie from Hamlet, c.1889 Photographer unknown | Purchased, 1998 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1998.048.001 Page 6 Bonnet worn by Nellie Melba as Mimi in La Bohème, c.1924 Made by Pauline et Cie | Gift of Pamela, Lady Vestey, 1977 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1977.001.013 Portrait of Nellie Melba, inscribed to Mathilde Marchesi, signed Paris, 1890 Photograph by Walery, London | Purchased, 1982 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1982.005.003 Page 7 Cloak (with detail) worn by Nellie Melba as Elsa in Lohengrin, c.1891 Designed by Jean-Philippe Worth | Gift of Pamela, Lady Vestey, 1977 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 1977.001.001 Gold wreath brooch presented to Nellie Melba, c.1905 Made by Tiffany and Co. | Purchased with funds from the Maxwell & Merle Carroll Bequest, 2015 | Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne | 2015.018.001
