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Frances Perry

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

Purchased 2012

Frances Samuel

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

Frances Saville (1865-1935), soprano, came to Australia from San Francisco as a small child.

1 portrait in the collection

Frances Alda

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

Recorded 1937

Miss Frances Samuel, 1840

Purchased 2011

Frances Saville, 1903

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007

Frances Alda, 1912

Purchased 2007

Frances Alda, 1918

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2006

Frances (Fanny) Cato, 1933

Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Bewitching

Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.

Dr Charles Perry

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

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

Kemp, Perry & Co. operated from 81 Bourke Street East, Melbourne, between 1873 and 1875.

1 portrait in the collection

Ellyse Perry

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