Esta D'Argo, Australian soprano and singing teacher - portrait, 1911 / [unknown photographer]
Esta D'Argo, Australian soprano and singing teacher - portrait, 1911 / [unknown photographer]
Esta D'Argo, Australian soprano and singing teacher - portrait, 1911 / [unknown photographer]
About this item
Full title
Date
1911
Call Numbers
P1/438
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - image 17.5 x 11.2 cm. , on mount (trimmed) 21.5 x 15.5 cm. - 1 panel photoprint
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Item
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : created before 1955
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Esta D'Argo, Australian soprano and singing teacher - portrait, 1911 / [unknown photographer]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Contributing Creator
Photographer's address printed upper right corner - 42 Baker St London
Notes
General note
Transferred from P1/D'Argo, Esta (BM), January 2010
Digital order no:a4214038
Signature / Inscriptions
"To Mr [Marr Thompson] / with sincere regard from / Esta d'Argo" -- signature on the right hand edge of the mount, partially obscured when photograph was pasted down
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1938
Administrative / Biographical history
Promising soprano Hetty Holroyd left Australia, returning in 1911 after European success as Esta D'Argo. She came on a concert tour with Ben Davies, Welsh tenor. They both sang in The Messiah with the Royal Sydney Philharmonic Society at Christmas. During one concert in the Melbourne Town Hall it was so cold she wore a fur on the platform, singing...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P1/438
Record Identifier
Yold65v9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yold65v9
Other Identifiers
Reference code
447348
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