André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
Le Duc de Polignac

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Duc de Polignac
Date1858
PlaceFrance
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (19.9 × 23.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (19.9 × 23.1 cm)
Mount: 10 3/8 × 13 3/4 in. (26.3 × 35 cm)
Credit LineThe Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection, gift of Michael Marvins
Object number95.80
Not on view

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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Description

In 1854 A. A. E. Disdéri patented a method of mass production
that made photographic portraits both abundant and affordable — the
carte
de visite
. Using a camera with four lenses and a sliding back, a
photographer could expose eight portraits on a single glass-plate negative,
develop all eight in a single operation, print them on a sheet of albumen
paper, and then cut and glue the individual images onto



mounts the size of a visiting-card. This method made it
easy to exchange portraits with friends and family and to collect pictures of
notable public figures. In this rare uncut sheet from Disdéri’s studio, one has
to wonder who would have received the Duc de Polignac’s less formal images.




ProvenanceMichael H. Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink on mount, bottom center: 4472 Le duc de Polignac 1858
The photograph is not signed or dated.

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