Signed photographic portrait of Marchese Marconi and Principessa Marconi marking the centenary of Marconi's birth
Book Description
Framed (510 x 390mm) b/w silver gelatin print (320 x 234mm) of Marchese Marconi and Principessa Elettra Marconi Giovanelli. The double half-length portrait captures them smiling, seated close together and facing the camera. Mount signed in (faded) pen by both women at foot of portrait: “Elettra Marconi/ Maria Cristina Marconi”. Label lettered in black to reverse: “Marchese Marconi and Principessa Elettra (Giovanelli) Marconi/ Centenary of birth of Marconi/ 1974”: and, this year, 150 years since his birth.
Dealer Notes
Maria Cristina Marconi (1900-1994) was the radio pioneer and Nobel prize winner’s second wife, and Maria Elettra their only daughter (1930-). [ref: 1258]
Author
[MARCONI]
Date
1974
Binding
Framed photographic portrait
Condition
Very Good
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