The Chiaia and St. Elmo from the Mergellina, Naples

c. 1863

Colonel Henry Stuart Wortley

Artist, British, 1832 - 1890

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 23.7 × 23.5 cm (9 5/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
    mount: 41.7 × 49.1 cm (16 7/16 × 19 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.92.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Rare Books, London); (Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography, Brighton, UK), 27 September 2018; NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center printed in black ink: THE CHIAJA AND ST. ELMO FROM THE MERGOLLINA, NAPLES. / BY LIEUT.-COLONEL STUART WORTLEY. / SELECTED FROM THE PICTURES WHICH OBTAINED THE MEDALS OF THE LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND ROYAL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, 1863.

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