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Melba – Letter and photograph

Subject
Category
Author
Melba, Nellie, Dame
Current holder
Series number
MS 9415
Item number
9916379293607636
Access rights
Request at location
Language
Description from source
Original ms. and photograph.

Comprises letter written in French to an unknown friend (“Mon cher ami”), undated, and signed photograph, undated. The photograph is early. In the photograph, Melba is portrayed full length in Spanish costume, holding a fan to her face with her left hand on her hip (possibly Rosina in the Barber of Seville?). The “Melba” of her signature is damaged, and the photograph is tipped down.
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Manuscripts
Letters
Photographs
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