Jules Ortégat
Artist
André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri
(French, 1819 - 1889)
CultureFrench
Date1862
MediumAlbumen print from collodian negative, uncut sheet of cartes de visites
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/8 × 9 1/4 in. (20 × 23.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 17 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (43.8 × 54 × 3.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame (estimated): 17 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (43.8 × 54 × 3.2 cm)
InscribedOn the original album page is written: 34096? M.Ortégat 1862
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol. B. Frank
Object number99.3
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 228
Label TextAndré Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri French, 1819–1889 Jules Ortégat, 1862 Albumen print from collodion negative André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri founded a studio in Paris and in 1854 patented the carte de visite, a small-format print made with a sliding plateholder and a four-lens camera that registered eight exposures on a single glass negative. Uncut, glossy prints like this one were studio records, allowing clients to order the poses they liked. The Instagram of their time, these portraits appealed to urban fashionistas, celebrities, and their imitators. In this example, the Belgian jockey Jules Ortégat dons his street clothes, adds a jockey cap, and pretends to whip his steed to victory. Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol. B. Frank 99.3 Exhibition History"New Frames of Reference: Early French Photographers at Home and Abroad," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, gallery 228, September 5, 2024 - February 16, 2025. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, June 15 - August 22, 1999. "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.
