Guide to the Collection of portraits of Robert Helpmann on stage
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, 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, 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.