Adelina Patti

c. 1861

Camille Silvy

Associated Names
Camille Silvy

Artist, French, 1834 - 1910

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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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (carte-de-visite)

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.12.23

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

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.

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