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VERNE, JULES. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, “To Marquis Gravina, prefect
of Rome, His very devoted: Jules Verne,” in French, cabinet card bust portrait by Herbert,
showing him in bow tie, wearing a short beard and unruly mustache. Inscribed in the
image at lower edge. 5
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x4 inches (image), 6
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x4
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inches overall; lower extremities of sig-
nature trail off image onto mount, scattered small abrasions affecting image and with loss to
few letters in inscription, scattered minor soiling affecting signature and inscription.
Np, nd
[3,500/5,000]
In 1884, Verne published a poem entitled “Au Marquis Gravina, Rome,” and in the previous
year, the city of Rome celebrated painter Raphael’s birth, with the Prefect of Rome, the Marquis
Gravina, among the officials who participated; Verne may have attended and inscribed the pho-
tograph during the festivities.