Carte de Visite
A small albumen portrait mounted on card, patented by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854 and a worldwide craze from about 1859. Cheap, collectible and traded, it made photographic portraits widely available.
Spot it
- 01Small cream card mount
- 02Full-length posed figure
- 03Ornate studio backdrop
Why it happens
A multi-lens camera exposed several small images on one glass plate, and the albumen prints were then cut and glued to cards, making each portrait cheap to produce.
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Image edit prompt“Present this image as a carte de visite: a small sepia albumen print glued on a cream-colored card with a thin border and a studio stamp at the bottom, with a painted studio backdrop and column, soft yellowing, rounded card corners and fine scuffs. Keep the original subject and composition.”
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