Carte de visite, portrait of a child in a dark velvet suit

 Title: Carte de visite, portrait of a child in a dark velvet suit

Reference: DD1/E/57

Subseries: A.D [Alice Dolan] Album

Level of Description: Item

Format: Photograph

Material & Techniques:

Extent: 1 

Creator: E. & J. Lauder [Photographers]

Published/Created: [ca. 1879-1881]

Place of Origin: Dublin

Physical Description:

Marks & Inscriptions: [Front] E. & J. Lauder. 22 Westmoreland St. [Back] From the Photographic Studio of E. & J. Lauder 22 Westmoreland St. (Facing Ballast Office) Dublin. This or any other portrait enlarged to any size & finished in any style. No. 34812.

Summary: The carte de visite was patented in 1854 by the French photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, and soon became the most common type of photograph. Between four and six miniature portraits could be taken on one glass plate negative. Sitters then chose their favourites, which were printed, cut out and mounted onto calling cards. It was fashionable to exchange and collect images of family, friends, royalty and celebrities, into specially designed albums.

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