Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Countess d’ Avila NPG Ax54494

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Camille Silvy

Coming from a French aristocratic background, Silvy established himself as one of the leading portrait photographers in London. He moved to London in 1859 and bought Caldesi and Montecchi’s studio on Porchester Terrace, which became renowned for its tasteful furnishings. Except for Queen Victoria, he photographed all of the Royal Family and most of the British aristocracy. By 1864 he had forty employees. He kept daybooks with the details of each sitter, the date, and a file print, and these are now in the… more

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Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.