Ref NoMEL/PHO/FAM : 600671
AltRefNo600671
CollectionMelville Theatre Collection
TitlePostcard print showing 10 different members of the Melville Family. Andrew Melville I and his wife Alice are shown at the top, and below in 2 banks of 4 are their children- Edith, Walter, Frederick, Kate Minnie, Andrew II, Beatrice and Jack. Each is in co
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DescriptionSee also companionPhotographs : MEL/PHO/FAM : 575934. At least four of the pictures in thePhotographs are in the collection as separate prints.
NotesPrevious reference number: UKC/MEL/PHO/FAM : 600671
PhysicalDescriptionPostcard Print
Related PersonMelville, Kate, 1879-1910, 3rd. daughter of Andrew Melville I, actress also known as Kate Walfred, married name Mrs. Herbert Leonard Podmore, nee Kate Robbins
Melville, Walter, 1875-1937, eldest son of Andrew Melville I, actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, real name Walter Robbins
Melville, Alice Jane, 1849-1904, actress, dancer, stage name Alice Brinsley, born Alice Jane Bullock, married to Andrew Melville I
Melville, Andrew, 1853-1896, actor, theatre proprietor known as Andrew Melville I, also known as Andrew Emm, real name Andrew Robbins
Melville, Frederick, 1877-1938, 3rd son of Andrew Melville I, actor, theatre proprietor, playwright, real name Frederick Robbins
Melville, Edith : 1873-1935 (eldest daughter of Andrew Melville I, actress, real name Edith Robbins)
Melville, Beatrice : 1886-1969 (6th daughter of Andrew Melville I, married names Mrs. V. Lucas, Mrs. J. Gilman, nee Beatrice Robbins)
ContentNoteof thePhotographs itself consists of the legend "The Melville Family" on one side of the parents, "Actors all",on the other in white ms. Underneath each picture is a printed caption, "Father, "The Farmer's Boy", Mother, Dancer aand Actree, Edith, "Sweet Briar", Walter, "The Coiner", Fred, "His Reverence", Kate, "The Nurse", Minnie, "The Drummer", Andrew, "The Poisoner", Beattie, "The adventuress", Jack, "The Broker's Man".
CategoryPhotographs
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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