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Camille Silvy Collection, Album 8 (Daybook Volume 8), 1862


1339 Portraits in set

A collection of twelve albums representing the output of Camille Silvy’s (1834-1910) photographic portrait studio based at 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London. Compiled by the studio, each album is arranged almost entirely chronologically and in sitter number order. Each page is divided into a grid of four sections with each section featuring one carte-de-visite sized albumen print from the sittings, pasted beneath the sitter number and a handwritten identification of the photograph’s subject. Album 8: sitter numbers 9628-10000 (23 July - 30 July 1867), sitter numbers 10001-10999 (23 June 1862 - 29 July 1862), 344 pages containing 1350 photographs. Notable sitters include: Henri, Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne; Louisa, Duchess of Manchester (later Duchess of Devonshire); Sir Christopher Teesdale; Sir Rutherford Alcock; Sir Clements Markham; Janey, Lady Archibald Campbell; Henry Wyndham Phillips; Rudolph Chambers Lehmann.

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Richard Davey, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax59888

Richard Davey

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 28 June 1862
NPG Ax59888

Polymnia Ralli, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax59917

Polymnia Ralli

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 29 June 1862
NPG Ax59917

Francis G. Tembo, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax59937

Francis G. Tembo

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 30 June 1862
NPG Ax59937

François Jeanty, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax60540

François Jeanty

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 24 July 1862
NPG Ax60540

Edward Howes, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax60598

Edward Howes

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 26 July 1862
NPG Ax60598

John Mansel, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax59724

John Mansel

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 23 June 1862
NPG Ax59724

John Colvin, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax60125

John Colvin

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 7 July 1862
NPG Ax60125

Sir George Everest, by Camille Silvy - NPG Ax60654

Sir George Everest

by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 28 July 1862
NPG Ax60654