Adelina Patti
in 'L'elisir d'amore'

A carte-de-visite portrait of the great Italian soprano Adelina Patti dressed as 'Adina' in a production of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore [The Elixer of Love]. First staged in 1832, it remains one of the most performed of all Donizetti's operas.

Entered at Stationers' Hall on 6 August 1863.