André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
[Carte-de-visite Album]

[Carte-de-visite Album]

Public Domain

ArtistFrench, 1819–1889
CultureFrench
Titles
  • [Carte-de-visite Album]
Date1860s–1880s
Medium48 albumen silver prints from glass negatives
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (16.5 × 14 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2015.601
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionJust as people “friend” one another on Facebook today, family and friends in the second half of the 19th century exchanged carte-de-visite portraits and gathered them in albums that were manufactured to hold the standard-size, mass-produced cards. Portraits of celebrities and royalty were often interspersed with true kin, as more common folk hoped some of the luster might rub off on them.
ProvenanceMichele (Mickey) Sharney Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.

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