Photograph (Albumen Print, Carte de Visite) of Giuseppe Garibaldi, by Duroni & Murer, Paris and Milan, c.1860 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 12103 | ||||||||||
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| Place Created: | Paris France Europe |
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| Brief Description: | Carte de visite (albumen print mounted on card). Portrait of Garibaldi, half length, turned to left but looking slightly left of front, wearing his familiar hat. With facsimile signature printed on the mount below. Ink stains. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) shot to fame in 1860 and remained the most celebrated heroic figure of the age, and thus the subject of many cartes de visite and other portraits. See also 12102, 12104 (by the same photographers), and 12105. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Facsimile signature on front of mount.
Printed photographer's details on back: 'Duroni & Murer | Photographes | de S.M. le Roi d'Italie | Paris | 12, Rue Vivienne. | Milan | 11, Corso Vitto. Emanuel' beneath Italian royal arms. | ||||||||||
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