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Fanny Jane Marlay
Biography
Fanny Jane Marlay (1819–1848), was the second-eldest daughter of military officer, Edward Marlay (1792–1839).
1 portrait in the collection
Fanny Jane Marlay, c. 1841
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased 2013
Millicent Fanny Preston-Stanley Vaughan
Biography
Millicent Fanny Preston Stanley (1883–1955), politician and feminist, was born Millicent Stanley in Sydney in 1883, the daughter of a grocer named Augustine Stanley and his wife Frances (née Preston).
1 portrait in the collection
Millicent Preston Stanley Vaughan, c. 1945
Noel Rubie
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Judi Preston-Stanley 2013
All at sea
Devotion
Tiny token, big love
John Lort Stokes
Biography
John Lort Stokes (1812–1885), explorer, naval officer and surveyor, joined the navy at age twelve and age thirteen was assigned to HMS Beagle as a midshipman.
1 portrait in the collection
Captain John Lort Stokes, c. 1841
an unknown artist
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Frances (Fanny) Cato, 1933
an unknown artist
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift in memory of Frederick John Cato Kumm 2011. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
William-Wolfe Alais
Biography
William Wolfe Alais engraved a number of plates for the journal The World of Fashion.
1 portrait in the collection
Frances Samuel
Biography
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, 1903
Reutlinger Studios
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2007
Frances Alda, 1912
Herman Mishkin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2007
Frances Alda, 1918
Herman Mishkin
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2006
Bewitching
Magazine article by Roger Neill, 2006
Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.
Frances Alda
Biography
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
Omai
Biography
Omai (Mai) (c. 1750-1778), the first Polynesian to visit Britain, was a young man of middling social standing who volunteered to sail from Huahine to England with Captain Furneaux on the Adventure (the ship accompanying James Cook's Resolution on Cook's second voyage of discovery (1772-1775).
2 portraits in the collection