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Adelina Patti

(1843-1919), Singer; sister of Carlotta Patti

Sitter associated with 55 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.

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Adelina Patti, by James Sant - NPG 3625

Adelina Patti

by James Sant
oil on canvas, exhibited 1886
On display in Room 22 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3625

Adelina Patti, by Nelson & Marshall, published by Richard Burton & Co - NPG x12685

Adelina Patti

by Nelson & Marshall, published by Richard Burton & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1859
NPG x12685

Adelina Patti, after Mayer & Pierson - NPG x12686

Adelina Patti

after Mayer & Pierson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12686

Unknown woman formerly called Adelina Patti, by Gush & Ferguson - NPG x45336

Unknown woman formerly called Adelina Patti

by Gush & Ferguson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x45336

Adelina Patti, after Camille Silvy - NPG x12678

Adelina Patti

after Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, (July 1861)
NPG x12678

Adelina Patti in costume for six different roles, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax59127

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 - NPG Ax59128

Adelina Patti in costume for six different roles

by Camille Silvy
albumen photomontage, 1866 (circa 1861)
NPG Ax59128

Adelina Patti, by Camille Silvy - NPG x12679

Adelina Patti

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x12679

Adelina Patti as Lucia in 'Lucia de Lammermoor', by Camille Silvy - NPG x12677

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 - NPG Ax25072

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 - NPG x12680

Adelina Patti as Martha in 'Martha'

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x12680

Adelina Patti as Violetta in 'La Traviata'; as Lucia in 'Lucia de Lammermoor'; as herself; as Martha in 'Martha'; as Zerlina in 'Don Juan', by Ashford Brothers & Co, after Camille Silvy - NPG x193206

Adelina Patti as Violetta in 'La Traviata'; as Lucia in 'Lucia de Lammermoor'; as herself; as Martha in 'Martha'; as Zerlina in 'Don Juan'

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 - NPG x126798

Adelina Patti as Amina in 'La Somnambule'

by Camille Silvy
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 August 1861
NPG x126798

Adelina Patti, by Horatio Nelson King - NPG Ax25074

Adelina Patti

by Horatio Nelson King
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax25074

Adelina Patti, by Mayall - NPG x197142

Adelina Patti

by Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x197142

Adelina Patti, by Charles Reutlinger - NPG x12684

Adelina Patti

by Charles Reutlinger
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x12684

Adelina Patti as Leonora in 'Le Trouvère', by Camille Silvy - NPG x21724

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 - NPG x139661

'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

Adelina Patti, by Southwell Brothers - NPG x197543

Adelina Patti

by Southwell Brothers
embossed diamond cameo albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG x197543

'Operatic Prima Donnas', 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), - NPG x197566

'Operatic Prima Donnas'

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

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