Anna Pavlova on board, Townsville, Queensland , March 1929 / unknown photographer
Anna Pavlova on board, Townsville, Queensland , March 1929 / unknown photographer
Anna Pavlova on board, Townsville, Queensland , March 1929 / unknown photographer
About this item
Full title
Date
Apr 1929
Call Numbers
P1/1327
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 26.8 x 18.9 cm. (trimmed) - 1 photoprint
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Pavlova, sitting on the arm of deckchair, wears the same cloche hat she wears in the photographs of her at Central Station (ML PXA 789 v.57 nos 87-88, and, NLA nla.pic-an24861820), pearl earrings and necklace, high-neck buttoned silk Russian blouse, skirt with pleat at the knees, silk stockings and suede ankle strap shoes
Accompanying materi...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Anna Pavlova on board, Townsville, Queensland , March 1929 / unknown photographer
Variant title
Previously titled: Anna Pavlova on board, arrives in Sydney from Queensland where her tour began in Townsville, April 1929 / unknown photographer
Notes
General note
Transferred from P1/Pavlova, Anna (BM), May 2010
Digital order no:Album ID : 888129
Signature / Inscriptions
Pavlova on board -- in pencil on verso of photograph
"Anna Pavlova - The famous dancer before her Sydney season on Apr 13" -- in pencil on verso of photograph
"Arrived ... Townsv[ille] ... on "M [ship's name] ... on Saturday la[st]" -- pencil note unreadable because of trimming
Attributions / Conjectures
Location and date supplied by Valerie Lawson, March 2011
"The 1929 tour should have opened in Brisbane, but the Marella was delayed by bad weather and loading problems in Singapore, during its journey from Surabaya to Australia. The steamer stopped briefly in Darwin before sailing to Townsville."
Reference:
Valerie Lawson's Danceli...
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1963
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P1/1327
Record Identifier
9qoQzME1
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoQzME1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
441900
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