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'Operatic Prima Donnas'

5 of 17 portraits of (Johanna) Therese Carolina Tietjens (Titiens)

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'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), and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
3 7/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. (97 mm x 64 mm) overall
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x197566

Artistsback to top

  • Ashford Brothers & Co, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 14 portraits.
  • John Burton (circa 1808-1881), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • Richard Burton & Co, Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Clarkington & Co (Charles Clarkington) (active 1852-1869), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 21 portraits.
  • Disdéri (1819-1889), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 220 portraits.
  • Henry Hering (1814-1893), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 54 portraits.
  • William Edward Kilburn (1818-1891), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 70 portraits.
  • Frederick Holland Mares, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 4 portraits.
  • Mayer Brothers (active 1854-1868), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 25 portraits.
  • Camille Silvy (1834-1910), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 14313 portraits, Sitter in 24 portraits.
  • Southwell Brothers (active 1861-1876), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 197 portraits.
  • Unknown photographers, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 20 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Related worksback to top

  • NPG x74355: Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa (source portrait)
  • NPG x12677: Adelina Patti as Lucia in 'Lucia de Lammermoor' (source portrait)
  • NPG x20048: Jenny Lind (source portrait)
  • NPG x22333: Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby (source portrait)

Events of 1863back to top

Current affairs

The opening of the world's first underground railway, with the Metropolitan Railway running trains between Bishop's Street, Padington and Farringdon. Work had begun in 1860, using the 'cut-and-cover' method of construction. The Metropolitan line inspired the construction of other underground railways - the Parisian 'Metro' took its name from the line.
The Football Association is founded.

Art and science

Julia Margaret Cameron takes up photography, taking portraits of some of the most celebrated figures of the day, with her romantic style capturing the sense of nostalgia and longing that characterised the age.
Kingsley's Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for Children is published, the hugely popular tale of drowned chimney sweep Tom's moral education in the river world of the water babies. It inspired the 1978 film starring James Mason.

International

At an international conference, the Geneva Public Welfare Society calls on the sixteen nations present to form voluntary units to help the wartime wounded. The society, comprised of five Swiss citizens and led by Henri Dunant, who had been deeply affected by the casualties he had witnessed at the Battle of Solferino, became the National Red Cross Societies, adopting the emblem of a red cross on white background.

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