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M M Mlle Maylscher

Artist André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819 - 1889)

CultureFrench

Date1862

MediumAlbumen print (carte-de-visite) from wet collodion negative

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (19.1 × 23.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 × 20 in. (48.3 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

Object number99.1

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an uncut carte-de-visite studio proof sheet.

Label TextAndré Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri French (1819-1889) MM Mlle Maylscher, 1862 Albumen print from wet collodion negative Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 99.1 André Disdéri was active making both genre scenes and portraits when he invented the carte-de-visite or visiting card in 1854. The carte-de-visite, or cdv, usually had a bust or full-length image of the sitter and was used as the business card is today. This inexpensive format became popular all over the world. This print is an uncut sheet of eight portraits made using a camera with multiple lenses. Normally, these prints would have been cut apart and mounted on individual boards. (For a finished example see the adjacent cdv by Napoleon Sarony.) As a result of his invention, Disdéri was said to have been the richest photographer in the world. He was appointed photographer to the imperial courts of France, England, Spain, and Russia. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"20/20: Fashion in Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 23, 1999 - January 2, 2000. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004.