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The image shows a woman standing gracefully. She is positioned with her head slightly tilted and eyes closed. Her right hand is held delicately near her face. She has long, dark, wavy hair falling over her shoulders and down her back. The woman is wearing a voluminous, light-colored dress that extends to the floor, with long, loose sleeves. In her right hand, she holds a candlestick with a lit candle. The background features a rustic setting with a large wooden wheel, stone architecture, and a staircase leading upwards.
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The image shows a woman standing gracefully. She is positioned with her head slightly tilted and eyes closed. Her right hand is held delicately near her face. She has long, dark, wavy hair falling over her shoulders and down her back. The woman is wearing a voluminous, light-colored dress that extends to the floor, with long, loose sleeves. In her right hand, she holds a candlestick with a lit candle. The background features a rustic setting with a large wooden wheel, stone architecture, and a staircase leading upwards.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Adelina Patti

Camille Silvy

Date
c. 1861
Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.) mount: 9.3 × 6 cm (3 11/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2019.12.23
Credit line
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • portrait
  • albumen silver print
  • Woman
  • Singer
  • Opera
  • CDV
Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York), early 2000s; NGA purchase, 2019.

Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: Patti / Sonnambula; center printed in black ink: E. SILVIS EXIENS [in red ink] / PHOTOGRAPHED BY / C Silvy [in red ink] / 38 Porchester Terrace / BAYSWATER. W.

NGA object ID 216327. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.