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Frances Perry
Biography
Frances Perry (1815-1892) met Charles Perry through her brother, a student at Cambridge, and after they married, the couple lived at St Paul’s Cambridge, where he was vicar, for six years.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Perry, c. 1863
Batchelder & O'Neill
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite
Purchased 2012
Frances Samuel
Biography
Frances Samuel (1818-c. 1898) was a member of one of early Sydney's most significant Jewish settler families.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Saville
Biography
Frances Saville (1865-1935), soprano, came to Australia from San Francisco as a small child.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Alda
Biography
Frances Alda (1879–1952) was one of the world's greatest sopranos. Born Fanny Jane Davis in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claims her as a prominent expatriate, she was raised in Melbourne, where she began singing operetta in 1897.
2 portraits in the collection
Frances Alda
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 1937
Miss Frances Samuel, 1840
Maurice Felton
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased 2011
Frances Saville, 1903
Reutlinger Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Frances Alda, 1912
Herman Mishkin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2007
Frances Alda, 1918
Herman Mishkin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2006
Frances (Fanny) Cato, 1933
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Bewitching
Magazine article by Roger Neill, 2006
Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.
Dr Charles Perry
Biography
Charles Perry (1807-1891) was consecrated the first Bishop of Melbourne at Westminster Abbey in 1847, only eleven years after he was ordained into the Anglican church.
4 portraits in the collection
George Perry
Biography
George William Perry (1824–1900) was born in London and arrived in Victoria via South Africa around 1852.
2 portraits in the collection
Perry, Kemp & Co
Biography
Kemp, Perry & Co. operated from 81 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, between 1873 and 1875.
1 portrait in the collection
Ellyse Perry
Biography
Ellyse Perry (b.1990) has represented Australia in both cricket and soccer, making her the only current dual international in Australian women’s sport.
2 portraits in the collection