Carte de viste, portrait of a monk by a writing desk

 

Title: Carte de visite, portrait of a monk by a writing desk

Reference: DD1/E/73

Subseries: A.D [Alice Dolan] Album

Level of Description: Item

Format: Photograph

Material & Techniques:

Extent: 1 

Creator: Adolphe Lesage, William Lawrence [photographers]

Published/Created: [ca. 1872-1880]

Place of Origin: Dublin

Physical Description:

Marks & Inscriptions:  [Front] Registered. A. Lesage. Dublin [Back] AE A Lesage, Photographer to the Catholic Hierarchy. 40 Lower Sackville Street Dublin.  NOTICE. - The whole of A. Lesage's negatives have been purchased by W. Lawrence, Photographer,  5&7, UP Sackville Street Dublin. For whom Copies can only now be had.

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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