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Pierre-Louis Pierson|Unknown|Countess Virginia Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione

[Variations on the "Elvira" Dress]

1861–67
Albumen silver print from glass negative with applied color
12.5 × 8.9 cm (4.9 × 3.5 in)

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