Leone Levi
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- set matching 'Elliott & Fry cabinet cards'
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Leone Levi
by Elliott & Fry
albumen cabinet card, circa 1873
5 1/2 in. x 4 1/8 in. (139 mm x 104 mm) image size
Given by Adam Scott, 1922
Photographs Collection
NPG x20032
Sitterback to top
- Leone Levi (1821-1888), Jurist, political economist and statistician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (photographers' studio, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square, London)
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