Portrait of Essie Ackland, the distinguished Australian contralto [2] [picture] / Sivyer & Son
- Bib ID:
- 975151
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [between 1920 and 1940]
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 20.2 x 14.5 cm.
- Series:
- Portraits of Essie Ackland.
- Biography/History:
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Essie Ackland was an Australian contralto who sang and recorded overseas in the 1930s and 1940s. She toured Australia for the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1937 and eventually returned to Australia to live in 1948.
- Notes:
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- Title from inscription on reverse.
- Condition: fair, some marks.
- Inscriptions: "Essie Ackland, the distinguished Australian contralto, who arrived by the Ceramic to commence her tour of the Commonwealth on March 13th, at the Sydney Town Hall" --on reverse."Photographers, Sivyer & Son, 44 Pier St., Perth W.A., phone B8677". --stamped on reverse.
- Part of a collection of photographs taken at the one sitting.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145866540
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Singers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sivyer & son
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Portraits of Essie Ackland.
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
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