Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda (1843-1921)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1940
Materials
Photographic paper on card mount
Measurements
164 x 107 x 1 mm
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1122130
Summary
Photograph, Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda (1843-1921). A Swedish operatic soprano. She possessed a brilliant bel canto technique and was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti.
Provenance
Photograph believed to have been owned by, or given to, Ellen Terry (1847 - 1928) or her daughter Edith Craig (1869 - 1947) and came to National Trust in 1939 when Edith Craig transfered Smallhythe Place (including buildings,land and contents) to the Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
Front, below photograph, centre: MDLLE. NILSSON. Front, below photograph: Entered according to Act of Congress, in [obliterated by glue and paper] Congress at Washington Back, centre: G & S / Gurney Back, top : [possibly] Please Return / #42 Back, upper part, left: = 763 Back, bottom, left: Fifth Avenue, Baack, bottom, right: Cor. 16th Street, N. Y.