Portrait of a Man and His Dog, c. 1880. Pascal Sébah (Turkish, 1823-1886). Carte-de-visite, albumen print; image: x cm (3 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.); paper: x cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.). Born in Constantinople to a Syrian father and Armenian mother, Sébah opened a photography studio there in either the late 1850s or ’60s. This carte de visite, a small, inexpensive photographic format developed in France and meant to be left as a calling card or collected, attests to the rapid and potent global spread of photographic technology, formats, and conventions in the mid-1800s.

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Size: 2140px × 3400px
Photo credit: © CMA/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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