Collection Summary
Caetani, Marguerite, 1880-1963
Marguerite Caetani Literary File Photography
Collection
circa 1902-1965
PH-02868
13 items
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Thirteen photographs primarily of
publisher, journalist, and patron of the arts, Marguerite Caetani, Princess of Bassiano,
Duchess of Sermoneta (Italian, born America, 1880-1963).
English
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 13 photographs, primarily of publisher, journalist, and patron
of the arts, Marguerite Caetani, Princess of Bassiano, Duchess of Sermoneta (Italian, born
America, 1880-1963). Many of the the photographs were taken at Caetani's residences in
France and Italy, and feature her family members. Other subjects include authors and poets
T. S. Eliot, Paul Valéry, and Giuseppe Ungaretti.
This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection that is comprised of photographs and
albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include
portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Acquisition:
Internal transfer, 2002
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Index Terms
Subjects
Caetani, Lelia, 1913-1977.
Caetani, Marguerite.
Caetani, Onorato, duca di Sermoneta,
1842-1917.
Caetani, Roffredo, 1871-1961.
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns),
1888-1965.
Ungaretti, Giuseppe, 1888-1970.
Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945.
Artists.
Authors.
Composers.
Journalists.
Poets.
Places
France.
Italy.
Switzerland.
Document Types
Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Preferred Citation
Marguerite Caetani Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02868). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Susan McClellan and Mary Foster, 2006
Related Material
Additional materials by and about Caetani are located in the Ransom Center's Library, the
Princess Marguerite Caetani Collection (MS-00650), the Eugene Walter Literary File
Photography Collection (PH-02961).
Item List
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0001
Marguerite Chapin (later Princess Caetani) in a white dress and hat, standing
on a road with "a funny old man," Switzerland,
circa 1902.
Gelatin silver print, 23.3 x 17 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0002
Marguerite Chapin (later Princess Caetani) seated, looking out of a window,
Switzerland,
circa 1902.
Gelatin silver print, 23.3 x 17.2 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0003
Exterior view of Villa Romaine, Versailles,
circa 1915-1932.
Gelatin silver print, 17 x 23 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0004
Interior view of the library of Villa Romaine, Versailles.
Gelatin silver print, 17 x 23.1 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0005
Princess Marguerite Caetani and her husband Roffredo, with Prince Onorato
(Roffredo's father), seated together on a bench outdoors.
Gelatin silver print, 17 x 23 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0006
Paul Valéry standing outdoors with Caetani's children, Camillo and Lelia, and
a dog, France,
circa 1925.
Gelatin silver print, 23.2 x 17.1 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0007
T. S. Eliot (Caetani's cousin) and his second wife, Valerie Fletcher, seated
together on a couch,
circa 1960.
Gelatin silver print, 17 x 23.4 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0008
Prince Roffredo Caetani standing by a reflecting pool, Rome.
Gelatin silver print, 23.2 x 17.2 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0009
Princess Marguerite Caetani with her daughter Lelia, seated at an outdoor
café table, Switzerland,
circa 1950.
Gelatin silver print, 17.1 x 23.2 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0010
Princess Marguerite Caetani in the Garden of Ninfa on the Caetani estate near
Rome,
circa 1955.
Gelatin silver print, 16.8 x 22.8 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0011
Princess Marguerite Caetani in her apartment in Palazzo Caetani, with issues
of the literary journal Botteghe Oscure,
circa 1960.
Gelatin silver print, 16.9 x 22.7 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0012
Princess Marguerite Caetani seated on a bench in the gardens of Ninfa,
circa 1955.
Gelatin silver print, 17.1 x 23.1 cm.
Caetani, M., Lit File
2002:0019:0013
Princess Marguerite Caetani and Giuseppe Ungaretti at an exhibit in honor of
the journal Commerce and its contributors, Rome,
1958.
Gelatin silver print, 16.8 x 23 cm.