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- 1865 (Creation)
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10.5 x 6 cm
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Administrative history
Photographic studio in Livorno (Italy). Giuseppe Marzocchini (1802-1865) established the first photographic workshop in Livorno. Around 1843, he started working with daguerreotypes and, since 1860, he collaborated with his son, Ricardo. After Ricardo’s death in 1910, the business was taken over by his grandson Vittorio Ezio Marzocchini, who run the studio until the mid-1920s.
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Scope and content
Photograph of three young boys in the photographer's studio. John, Constantine and Paul Cavafy are depicted. C. P. Cavafy in the centre, on a chair. The date written by the poet at top left. The photographer's logo in Livorno, Italy, on the verso.
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Italian
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Writing in pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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Giuseppe Marzocchini & Figlio. “Photograph of the Cavafy brothers”. Photograph, 1865. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S03-F26-SF001-0001 (1934), 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-SF001-0001.
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- Giuseppe Marzocchini & Figlio (Authority)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)
- Cavafy, Paul (Subject)