Prince Lobkowitz, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, 1858


Prince Lobkowitz, 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.), Photographs, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, Paris 1819–1889 Paris), Disdéri popularized the system by which eight exposures could be made on one glass negative, printed in a single operation, and then cut and glued to visiting-card-size mounts. By the late 1850s, collecting and exchanging such cartes-de-visite was immensely popular


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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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