• Title
  Kate Rooney, Australian concert contralto, 1912 / Hana Studios Ltd., 22 Bedford St., Strand, London
• Creator
  Hana Studios
• Call number
  P1/1492
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  1912
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  442029
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 panel photoprint - image 14.1 x 9.8 cm. , on mount 23.9 x 16.4 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  A souvenir sheet of praise from British and American newspapers, is filed with another Rooney portrait at: P1/Rooney, Kate (BM). Rooney sang to acclaim at Royal and gala events (including the Entente cordiale celebrations) at Covent Garden, the Royal Albert Hall and other major halls in the United Kingdom.
  (A Jeanette Rooney sang in an opera company in Australia in the 1930's) -- reference: Opera for the Antipodes : opera in Australia 1881-1939 / Alison Gyger. Sydney : Currency Press and Pellinor, 1990
• Scope and Content
  Gertrude Elliott wears a crucifix in head and shoulders portrait
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Rooney, Kate (BM), June 2010
  Digital order no:a4361092
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "To my old friend Mr Mar [sic] Thompson, with best greetings from Kate Rooney, Xmas 1912" -- signature lower edge of mount
  
  Photographer's stamp on the lower edge
• Name
  Rooney, Kate
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  portraits
  singers
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1656018

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