Adelina Patti
(1843-1919), Singer; sister of Carlotta PattiSitter associated with 56 portraits
Patti was one of the greatest opera singers of the era. Born in Spain to Italian parents, Patti made her debut on 14 May 1861 at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden in Bellini's La Sonnambula. Admired by composers including Giuseppe Verdi, her public career as a 'coloratura soprano' lasted nearly sixty years and is virtually without parallel.
by James Sant
oil on canvas, exhibited 1886
On display in Room 22 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3625
by Nelson & Marshall, published by Richard Burton & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1859
NPG x12685
after Mayer & Pierson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12686
Unknown woman formerly called Adelina Patti
by Gush & Ferguson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x45336
after Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, (July 1861)
NPG x12678
Adelina Patti in costume for six different roles
by Camille Silvy
albumen photomontage, 1866 (circa 1861)
NPG Ax59127
Adelina Patti in costume for six different roles
by Camille Silvy
albumen photomontage, 1866 (circa 1861)
NPG Ax59128
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x12679
Adelina Patti as Lucia in 'Lucia de Lammermoor'
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x12677
Adelina Patti as Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville'
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax25072
Adelina Patti as Martha in 'Martha'
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x12680
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG x193206
Adelina Patti as Amina in 'La Somnambule'
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 August 1861
NPG x126798
by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax25074
by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x197142
by Charles Reutlinger
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x12684
Adelina Patti as Leonora in 'Le Trouvère'
by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG x21724
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x139661
by Southwell Brothers
embossed diamond cameo albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG x197543
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Henry Hering, and Mayer Brothers, and Richard Burton & Co, and Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and probably William Edward Kilburn, and Southwell Brothers, and John Burton, and Clarkington & Co (Charles Clarkington),
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197566
Related People
- Rolf, Baron Cederström (husband)
- Henri Roger de Cahuzac, Marquis de Caux (husband)
- Carlotta Patti (sister)
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