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Marguerite Naville 

Swiss artist, photographer and diarist  image   image of grave
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Date of birth	14 August 1852 Versoix, Neuchâtel Marguerite-Isabelle de Pourtalès
Date of death	14 December 1930 Geneva
Place of burial	Cemetery of Genthod
Country of citizenship	Switzerland
Occupation	egyptologist photographer writer draughtswoman
Father	Alexandre Joseph de Pourtalès
Mother	Augusta von Pourtalès
Sibling	Hermann de Pourtalès
Child	Charles Frédéric Naville Lucien Naville
Spouse	Édouard Naville (1873–)
Relative	Gustave Naville (brother-in-law) Marcel Naville (grandson)
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Marguerite-Isabelle Naville née de Pourtalès (1852–1930) was a Swiss artist, photographer and writer. After marrying the Egyptologist Édouard Naville in 1973, she accompanied him on 14 archaeological trips to Egypt, meticulously recording his finds in photographs and drawings. Her extensive diaries and correspondence provide detailed descriptions of life in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century.