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- 26/8/1889 (Creation)
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17 x 11 cm
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Luigi Fiorillo (1847-1898) established his photographic studio in Alexandria in the early 1870s. He took pictures of the city after the 1882 bombardment by the British, publishing an album. He had taken snapshots of the Urabi revolt a year earlier. Following his death, his studio was taken over by his widow and sons, one of whom (Federico) subsequently worked on the islands of Rhodes and Leros.
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Photograph of a woman in a dark dress next to a vase. On the verso, handwritten dedication to John Cavafy, signed "J B K"; place (Alexandria) and date indication, all in English. The logo of the photo shop in the lower part of the recto as well as on the verso.
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French, English
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Writing in ink.
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L. Fiorillo & Fils. “Photograph of a woman”. Photograph, 26.08.1889. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF003-0004 (1997), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF003-0004.
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- L. Fiorillo & Fils (Authority)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)