Guide to the Collection of portraits of Robert Helpmann on stage

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PIC/P1712

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2024

Collection Summary

Title
Collection of portraits of Robert Helpmann on stage
Date Range
1937 - 1961
Collection Number
PIC/P1712
Extent
44 item postcards, photographs : gelatin silver ; 21.5 x 16.8 cm. or smaller.
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Pictures)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Collection of photographs taken by Tunbridge & Sedgwick, Edward Mandinian, Gordon Anthony, and, Walter Bird. Also included in some of the portraits are Celia Franca, Margot Fonteyn, David Paltenghi, and Ray Powell.

Patrons are advised this finding aid is incomplete and material will be added to it over time.

Conditions Governing Access

Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1586288).

Conditions Governing Use

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1586288).

Item Descriptions

Robert Helpmann, Job, ca. [194-?] (Item PIC/P1712/1) - Piece PIC Box PS 9439 #PIC/P1712/1

Creator: Mandinian, Edward.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Orpheus and Eurydice, ca. 1941 (Item PIC/P1712/3) - Piece PIC Box PS 9441 #PIC/P1712/3

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann as the Red King in, Checkmate, ca. 1937 (Item PIC/P1712/4) - Piece PIC Box PS 9442 #PIC/P1712/4

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann as Mr O'Reilly in, The Prospect before us [1], 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/5) - Piece PIC Box PS 9443 #PIC/P1712/5

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Signed by Robert Helpmann.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Apparitions [1], ca. 1936 (Item PIC/P1712/6) - Piece PIC Box PS 9444 #PIC/P1712/6

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Signed by Robert Helpmann.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Dante sonata, ca. [1940?] (Item PIC/P1712/7) - Piece PIC Box PS 9445 #PIC/P1712/7

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Signed by Robert Helpmann.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Le Lac des cygnes, Act III, ca. [193-?] (Item PIC/P1712/9) - Piece PIC Box PS 9447 #PIC/P1712/9

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Hamlet [1], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/10) - Piece PIC Box PS 9448 #PIC/P1712/10

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Apparitions [2], ca. [1940?] (Item PIC/P1712/11) - Piece PIC Box PS 9449 #PIC/P1712/11

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Nocturne, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/12) - Piece PIC Box PS 9450 #PIC/P1712/12

Creator: Mandinian, Edward.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann [as] Mr O'Reilly [in], The Prospect Before Us [1], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/13) - Piece PIC Box PS 9451 #PIC/P1712/13

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Same image as PIC/P1712/5.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann [as] Mr O'Reilly [in], The Prospect before us [2], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/14) - Piece PIC Box PS 9452 #PIC/P1712/14

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

[Robert Helpmann, The Rakes Progress], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/15) - Piece PIC Box PS 9453 #PIC/P1712/15

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

[Robert Helpmann, Hamlet] [2], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/16) - Piece PIC Box PS 9454 #PIC/P1712/16

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

[Robert Helpmann and Celia Franca, Hamlet], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/17) - Piece PIC Box PS 9455 #PIC/P1712/17

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

[Robert Helpmann, The Quest] [1], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/18) - Piece PIC Box PS 9456 #PIC/P1712/18

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

[Robert Helpmann, The Quest] [2], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/19) - Piece PIC Box PS 9457 #PIC/P1712/19

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

[Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn, The Quest], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/20) - Piece PIC Box PS 9458 #PIC/P1712/20

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

Robert Helpmann, Miracle in the Gorbals, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/21) - Piece PIC Box PS 9459 #PIC/P1712/21

Creator: Mandinian, Edward.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, [as] Dr Coppelius [in, Coppelia], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/22) - Piece PIC Box PS 9460 #PIC/P1712/22

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann and David Paltenghi, The Quest], Scene III, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/23) - Piece PIC Box PS 9461 #PIC/P1712/23

Creator: Tunbridge & Sedgwick.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Le Lac des Cygnes, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/24) - Piece PIC Box PS 9462 #PIC/P1712/24

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Signed by Robert Helpmann.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, The Haunted Ballroom, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/25) - Piece PIC Box PS 9463 #PIC/P1712/25

Creator: Mandinian, Edward.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, [as] Satan [in], Job, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/26) - Piece PIC Box PS 9464 #PIC/P1712/26

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Giselle, Act II, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/27) - Piece PIC Box PS 9465 #PIC/P1712/27

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Orpheus, ca. 1941 (Item PIC/P1712/28) - Piece PIC Box PS 9466 #PIC/P1712/28

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, Carnaval, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/29) - Piece PIC Box PS 9467 #PIC/P1712/29

Creator: Mandinian, Edward.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, David Paltenghi, and Celia Franca, Hamlet, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/30) - Piece PIC Box PS 9468 #PIC/P1712/30

Robert Helpmann, Hamlet [3], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/31) - Piece PIC Box PS 9469 #PIC/P1712/31

Robert Helpmann, The Rakes Progress, Act I [1], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/32) - Piece PIC Box PS 9470 #PIC/P1712/32

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, The Rakes Progress, Act I [2], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/33) - Piece PIC Box PS 9471 #PIC/P1712/33

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, The Rakes Progress, Act I [3], [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/34) - Piece PIC Box PS 9472 #PIC/P1712/34

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Signed by Robert Helpmann.

Postcard.

Robert Helpmann, [as] Mr O'Reilly, The Prospect before us [3], ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/35) - Piece PIC Box PS 9473 #PIC/P1712/35

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Ray Powell, [as] The Gravedigger, Hamlet, ca. 1940 (Item PIC/P1712/36) - Piece PIC Box PS 9474 #PIC/P1712/36

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Related Materials

See this record for additional related material.

Ray Powell, [as] The Tutor, Lac des Cygnes, [n.d.] (Item PIC/P1712/37) - Piece PIC Box PS 9475 #PIC/P1712/37

Creator: Anthony, Gordon, 1902-1989.

Postcard.

Seven Stars in a performance of Frederick Ashton's new ballet, Birthday Offering, 5 May 1956 (Item PIC/P1712/43) - Piece PIC Box PS 9481 #PIC/P1712/43

Noted on verso: Left to right: Elaine Fifield, Rowena Jackson, Svetlana Beriosova, Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Violetta Elvin, and Nadia Nerina.

Portrait of Dame Peggy van Praagh, 1961 (Item PIC/P1712/44) - Piece PIC Box PS 9482 #PIC/P1712/44


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