Carte de visite, portrait of a lady with her purse

 Title: Carte de visite,  portrait of a lady with her purse

Reference: DD1/E/50

Subseries: A.D [Alice Dolan] Album

Level of Description: Item

Format: Photograph

Materials and Techniques:

Extent: 1 

Creator: Millard & Robinson [Photographers]

Published/Created: [ca. 1865-1887]

Place of Origin: Dublin

Physical Description: 

Marks & Inscriptions: [Front] Millard & Robinson. 39 Lower Sackville Street - Dublin. [Back] Artists, Photographers, Miniature and Portrait painters, Millard & Robinson. 39 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. Negative kept, Copies may be had. Cartes & Cabinet portraits coloured to order.

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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