Camille Silvy
Subtitle: photographer of modern life 1834-1910
By: Mark Haworth-Booth
Contributors: Silvy, Camille-Léon-Louis, 1834-1910
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781855144156
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Artistic Photography; Pictorial works; Social life and customs; Photography; Manners and customs; Photographie
Description: Coming from a French aristocratic background, Silvy established himself as one of the leading portrait photographers in London. He moved to London in 1859 and bought Caldesi and Montecchi's studio on Porchester Terrace, which became renowned for its tasteful furnishings. Except for Queen Victoria, he photographed all of the Royal Family and most of the British aristocracy. By 1864, aged twenty-six, he had forty employees. He kept daybooks with the details of each sitter, the date, and a file print, and these are now in the National Portrait Gallery's archives. Silvy published his portraits as The Beauties of England. In 1868 he retired due to ill health, and returned to France.
Notes: "Published in association with the Jeu de Paume, Paris to accompany the exhibition Camille Silvy 1834-1910: Photographer of Modern Life held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 15 July to 24 October 2010"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing Camille Silvy; title: Early photographs : Algeria and rural France; title: 1859 : Silvy moves from Paris to London; title: Camille Silvy and C. Silvy & Co.; title: A closer look at cartes; title: Mode to modernity; title: 1867 and after.