• Title
  Anna Pavlova on board, Townsville, Queensland , March 1929 / unknown photographer
• Call number
  P1/1327
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  Apr 1929
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  441900
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 photoprint - 26.8 x 18.9 cm. (trimmed)
  
• Scope and Content
  Pavlova, sitting on the arm of deckchair, wears the same cloche hat she wears in the photographs of her at Central Station (ML PXA 789 v.57 nos 87-88, and, NLA nla.pic-an24861820), pearl earrings and necklace, high-neck buttoned silk Russian blouse, skirt with pleat at the knees, silk stockings and suede ankle strap shoes
  
  Accompanying material: 1 sheet J.C. Williamson letterhead, signed by Pavlova
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• Variant title
  
  Previously titled: Anna Pavlova on board, arrives in Sydney from Queensland where her tour began in Townsville, April 1929 / unknown photographer
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Pavlova, Anna (BM), May 2010
  Digital order no:Album ID : 888129
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Pavlova on board -- in pencil on verso of photograph
  "Anna Pavlova - The famous dancer before her Sydney season on Apr 13" -- in pencil on verso of photograph
  "Arrived ... Townsv[ille] ... on "M [ship's name] ... on Saturday la[st]" -- pencil note unreadable because of trimming
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Location and date supplied by Valerie Lawson, March 2011
  
  "The 1929 tour should have opened in Brisbane, but the Marella was delayed by bad weather and loading problems in Singapore, during its journey from Surabaya to Australia. The steamer stopped briefly in Darwin before sailing to Townsville."
  
  Reference:
  Valerie Lawson's Dancelines. http://dancelines.com.au/ (accessed March 14, 2011)
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
  
• Topic
  ballet dancers
  deck chairs
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3222337

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