Adelaide Ristori
(1822-1906), ActorSitter in 26 portraits
Internationally renowned Italian tragedienne. The daughter of strolling players, Ristori began as a child actress and at the age of 14 was cast in the title role of Silvio Pellico's Francesca da Rimini. She joined the Royal Sardinian Company as ingenue and advanced in two years to the position of leading lady. In 1855 she went to Paris, where she initially received a mixed reception. She finally triumphed as a tragedienne in Vittorio Alfieri's Mirra and Alexandre Dumas championed her work. She toured the United States for the first time in 1866, and her successes encouraged her return there several times. Ristori's theatrical career continued until 1885.
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(49)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(50)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(51)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(64)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(65)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(66)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(67)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(93)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(95)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, arched top, late 1850s
NPG P301(184b)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(105)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(122)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(123)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(124)
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(176)
compiled by Cecilia Mary Jocelyn (née Elliot), after Disdéri, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, after Camille Silvy, and after Unknown photographers
1860s
NPG Ax129160
by Lorenzo Suscipj (Suscipi)
albumen cabinet card in window mount, 1860s
NPG x74571
by (Octavius) Charles Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x138114
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Alexander Bassano, and Clarkington & Co (Charles Clarkington), and Joseph Richard James, and Horatio Nelson King, and Camille Silvy, and possibly Leonida Caldesi, and Adolphe Paul Auguste Beau, and Thomas Cranfield, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x137000
Adelaide Ristori as Mary Stuart in 'Mary Stuart'
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868
NPG x38884
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