Nellie Melba
(1861-1931), Opera singerDame Nellie Melba (Helen Porter Mitchell)
Sitter in 24 portraits
Australian-born operatic soprano; made her debut at Covent Garden in Lucia di Lammermoor (1888) and maintained a brilliant career, singing for Verdi, Puccini and Saint-Saens and in all the major opera houses of the world.
Nellie Melba as Marguerite in 'Faust
by Baron Adolph de Meyer
bromide print, 1920s
NPG P299
Nellie Melba as Ophelia in 'Hamlet'
by Charles Reutlinger
albumen print, circa 1889
NPG x135900
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published October 1890
NPG Ax38512
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197010
by Benjamin Joseph Falk
albumen panel card, 1895
NPG x135867
Nellie Melba as Marguerite in 'Faust'
by Aimé Dupont
albumen cabinet card, 1896
NPG x135901
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x196880
by Reutlinger, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x198216
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x76142
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x76278
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative, 1902
NPG x76279
by H. Walter Barnett
bromide postcard print, 1902, published 1914 or after
NPG x197401
by Lafayette, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, circa 1904
NPG x18196
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1910s
NPG x135903
by Unknown photographer
bromide postcard print, 1911
NPG x14708
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1920s
NPG x135902
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142195
Nellie Melba and an unknown man
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142197
by Spencer Skier
postcard print
NPG x14709
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