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The image depicts a woman seated. She is leaning against a small table, with her right hand on papers and her left hand holding a small object. Her gaze is towards the camera. The woman has delicate facial features and dark eyebrows and eyes. Her hair is styled in ringlets, partly covered by a floral headpiece. She wears a white or light-colored wedding dress with lace detailing, a veil, and a pearl necklace. The background includes an ornate wall with patterned wallpaper, a vintage clock, and a decorated cabinet.
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The image depicts a woman seated. She is leaning against a small table, with her right hand on papers and her left hand holding a small object. Her gaze is towards the camera. The woman has delicate facial features and dark eyebrows and eyes. Her hair is styled in ringlets, partly covered by a floral headpiece. She wears a white or light-colored wedding dress with lace detailing, a veil, and a pearl necklace. The background includes an ornate wall with patterned wallpaper, a vintage clock, and a decorated cabinet.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Adelina Patti

Camille Silvy

Date
c. 1863
Medium
albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)
Dimensions
image/sheet: 9 × 5.7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in.) mount: 9.5 × 6.5 cm (3 3/4 × 2 9/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2022.86.2
Credit line
Gift of Thomas Harris in memory of Howard and Evelyne Daitz
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • portrait
  • albumen silver print
  • Woman
  • Costume
  • Clock
  • Actress
  • CDV
Provenance

Thomas Harris, New York; gift to NGA, 2022.

Inscription

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

NGA object ID 224426. 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.