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The Carandini ladies, one of Australia's first opera performing families, ca. 1875 / photographer Charles Hewitt (attributed)

from State Library of New South Wales

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• Pixel Wrangler said:

  ''Marie Carandini was the wife of an exiled Italian Count, Count Gerome Carandini, tenth Marquise of Saranzo, who came to Hobart, Tasmania, in the 1840s. She became a noted opera singer. Madame Carandini and her daughters Fanny, Rosina and Lizzie formed a famed singing group, traveling widely in Australia and overseas.
  
  "She had eight children of whom five daughters were musical and took part in her tours. She died at London in 1894. Her eldest daughter Rosina Martha Hozanah Palmer was a notable soprano in Australia and her great grandson (by her son Major Frank James (Francesco Giacomo) Carandini, 11th Marquess of Sarzano) is the actor Christopher Lee." –Wikipedia
  
  [ I have no clue if this is a photograph of Marie with her daughters Fanny, Rosina and Lizzie, or if a different daughter is pictured. ]

• Lulybelle said:

  This is fascinating!

• LizBallerPhotos said:

  Great hand coloring

• Scattered Bubble said:

  nice dresses!
  
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  Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)

• Lauren said:

  Nice picture. I like the dresses the ladies are wearing