cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small-format photographs affixed to card stock, popular in the mid-19th century. They went out of fashion in the 1870s. The photographs were typically portraits and the image was a standard size of 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches; they were generally produced by a multiple-lens camera that created several images on a single full-sized negative plate. Full-size prints from the plate were cut into sections measuring 4 x 2 1/2 inches, and the pieces were often mounted on cards, which initially served as visitors' cards; it later became the custom to exchange them on birthdays and holidays, and to collect cartes-de-visite of friends, family members, and celebrities in albums. Examples are card photographs patented by the Parisian photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854 and similar items produced by Mathew B. Brady and other photographers.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Stephen B. Luce carte-de-visite, circa 1850-1870
Item — Box 22: Series I; Series II [Barcode: 410000000183], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series B- Item 100.3413
Scope and Contents
Sepia toned 4x2.5 calling card featuring Stephen B. Luce while at the U.S. Naval Academy. This is signed by Luce on the reverse over the names of the sterographer, W. M. Chase, and the photographer, D. Bachrach.
Dates:
circa 1850-1870